Kauai Island
Fourth-largest island in Hawaii
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Kauaʻi, sometimes written Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth largest of the islands and the 21st largest island in the United States. Kauaʻi is 73 mi (117 km) northwest of Oʻahu, across the Kauaʻi Channel. The island's 2020 population was 73,298.
Styling itself the "Garden Isle", Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Nā Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of Kauaʻi County, which includes Niʻihau as well as the small nearby islands of Kaʻula and Lehua.
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Kauaʻi, sometimes written Kauai, is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth largest of the islands and the 21st largest island in the United States. Kauaʻi is 73 mi (117 km) northwest of Oʻahu, across the Kauaʻi Channel. The island's 2020 population was 73,298.
Styling itself the "Garden Isle", Kauaʻi is the site of Waimea Canyon State Park and Nā Pali Coast State Park. It forms the bulk of Kauaʻi County, which includes Niʻihau as well as the small nearby islands of Kaʻula and Lehua.
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Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve
Wet forest on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi, United States
4.4 mi away
Mount Waiʻaleʻale
Volcano in the Hawaiian Islands
2.7 mi away
Kawaikini
Extinct shield volcano and highest peak on the island of Kaua'i
2.2 mi away
Mānāwaiopuna Falls
Waterfall in Kauaʻi, Hawaii, United States
4.2 mi awayWhen to go
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