A paved ridge trail looks down on the red-roofed 1909 Makapuʻu Lighthouse and its unusually large Fresnel lens. The lighthouse itself is not normally open for public entry, but the route provides a clear view of the isolated coastal installation and volcanic shoreline.
Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.
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Source: dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/hiking/oahu/