Pololū Valley

Pololū is the northernmost of a series of erosional valleys forming the east coast of Kohala Mountain on the island of Hawaii, its name Hawaiian for long spear. Pololū stream cuts through the valley, which opens onto a black sand beach on the Pacific and a yellow sand dune that shelters the inland vegetation from the ocean. Hiking trails cross its verdant interior, and its northern end offers panoramic views reached by a graded trail from an overlook at the end of Highway 270, making it a popular destination. Before the 20th century the valley was farmed for a distinctive crimson stemmed variety of taro, later supplemented by rice in the 1800s, and sections of the historic Kohala ditch irrigation system still run along its sides. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/