Kohala Mountain Road
Hawaii Route 250 | ||||
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| Kohala Mountain Road | ||||
Route 250 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by HDOT | ||||
| Length | 19.276 mi[1] (31.022 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Route 19 near Waimea | |||
| North end |  Route 270 (ʻAkoni Pule Highway) in Hāwī | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Hawaii | |||
| Counties | Hawaii | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Kohala Mountain Road, designated Route 250, travels upon the Kohala mountain on the island of Hawaiʻi in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.
Route description
Kohala Mountain road, known locally as "the High Road", begins about 1.8 miles (2.9 km) west of Waimea near the Hawaii Preparatory Academy campus. Route 19 at this point is known as Hawaii Belt Road, or Kawaihae Road. The northern terminus (where Route 250 is known as Hāwī Road), is in the town of Hāwī at the intersection of ʻAkoni Pule Highway (Route 270).
Gallery
Route 250 northbound at Route 19 in Waiaka
Ranch lands on both sides of a coniferous-lined Highway 250.
Views of ranch land may surprise some visitors to the Big Island. Looking southwest from the Kohala Mountain Road, Highway 250.
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Major junctions
The entire route is in Hawaii County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Waimea | 0.000 | 0.000 | Route 19 (Kawaihae Road) – Waimea, Kawaihae | ||
| Hawi | 19.276 | 31.022 | Route 270 (Akoni Pule Highway) – Mahukona, Kawaihae, Kapaau, Pololu | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
See also
References
- ^ a b Hawaii Department of Transportation (October 2016). "State DOT Road Inventory" (ESRI Shapefile). Retrieved July 31, 2019.
External links
Media related to Kohala Mountain Road at Wikimedia Commons