Kiholo State Park Reserve has black sand beaches, turquoise water, and great hiking.

We hiked to three different black sand beaches, hiked to the Queen's Bath, and hiked to Kiholo Bay/Wainanalii Pond.

We spent about 4.5 hours to do all of this.

It's located on the northwest side of the Big Island of Hawaii.

As we were trying to find the turnoff, there were no signs.

As we turned onto the road, we saw the sign that said Kiholo State Park Reserve. This is how we knew we were on the right road.

This is a gravel road.

You'll go through a gate with a sign to yield to uphill traffic.

You'll come to a fork in the road. We went left first to go to the Black Sand beaches first. This is where the camping area is located. 

You'll see this sign on the right side of the road. The Campsites, toilets, and parking area is by the beach.

We will come back to the Day Use area later for our hike to Kiholo Bay.

As we followed the dirt road, we went through a gate, passed the campsites, and then came to a roundabout with a circular house.

We found a parking space on the side of the road and started exploring the beach.

After exploring the black sand beach, we decided to go explore the other two black sand beaches that are farther south. 

You have to hike through lava fields to get there. We couldn't tell if this is still part of the Kiholo State Park Reserve or not because their is a private house that backs up to the last beach.

These beaches were really secluded and we loved it. This is what it looked like to get there.

We finally made it to the 3rd black sand beach. This one was our favorite.

Once we were done hanging out at the beach, we hiked back to our Jeep and started heading to the Day Use Parking to start our hike to Kiholo Bay and to see the Queen's Bath.

After parking at the Day Use parking area, we headed out on this 2.1 mile out and back hike. They had 2 porta-pottys.

You're not allowed to fly drones in this area so we settled with our land footage for this hike.

The trail is well marked and easy to follow.

We didn't know where the Queen's Bath was located so we were looking for it on our way.

There is a split in the path with a rock formation in the middle. If you hit this on the trail you just passed the Queen's Bath/Keanalele. It is located on the right hand side just before this.

We looked in, but we didn't go in as it is prohibited to go in the Queen's Bath/Keanalele.

Then we got back on the trail and continued on.

We saw turtles along the way

We then came to a small bridge that goes into the old historical fishing village area.

We walked through this beach and followed the trail to the lava fields.

We finally arrived at Kiholo Bay/Wainanalii Pond. From here we followed the edge and found a place to get in the water and swim.

After swimming and hanging out, we made the 1.1 mile hike back to our Jeep.

Overall, we had a great day at Kiholo State Park Reserve and would highly recommend hiking here on your next trip to the Big Island of Hawaii.

(Click on the map above to go to a Google Maps larger view.)

Kiholo State Park Reserve has free parking for day use. If you are camping you need to pull and pay for a permit. 

Total Cost: $0

These are the checklist items I recommend:

• Bring your own snorkel gear.
• Bring some drinks and snacks.
• Bring reef safe sunscreen.
• Bring water shoes or hiking shoes.