Kolekole Beach Park

Kolekole is a working county park used heavily by Hilo families on the weekends. The pavilions get reserved for graduations, baby lūʻau, family birthdays. If a pavilion has a tent set up, it's taken. Camping is by permit only — pay it before you sleep here. The memorial stone on the small hill above the jetty is a memorial to the dead from 1946; do not photograph it as a backdrop. The water at the stream mouth and out under the bridge is not for swimming — strong currents, slick rock, and a working boat lane.