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Our Legendary Landscape

Uakoko: Literally bloody rain, a term applied to a rainbow when lying near the ground,
or to a freshet-stream swollen with the red muddy water from the wash of the hillsides.
These were important omens, claimed as marking the birth of tabu chiefs.

Click on one of the markers on the map below or on one of the place names on the list to learn more about that place.

Please send the location (latitude and longitude), place name and stories about other places in our area to robert.m.hunter@hawaiiantel.net. For many places, you can obtain latitude and longitude by Googling the name. Alternatively, you can determine the latitude and longitude of places here:

As another option, you can read the latitude and longitude off of a USGS quad sheet and convert it to a decimal degree notation here:

Criteria for achieving public roads and trail status are explained here: