Located on the Kohana Coast, Hapuna Beach up to Mauna Key is one of the largest swaths of white sand beach on Hawaii, and your best bet for a run on the sand (aside from Natural Energy Labs). Tucked into a cove alongside the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel near Puako, this stretch of Hapuna Beach is about only about half a mile, but you can continue north on the one mile bluffs path of the coastal trail over to Mauna Key Beach for an extra mile or so.
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- 1.4 miles one-way, or 2.8 miles out and back
- 47 feet
- Hapuna Beach State Park
- Hapuna Beach Road
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