Waianapanapa State Park: This park includes some nice hiking trails, a caved filled with fresh water and an interesting legend, and rental cabins.
Food Service: In Hana there is a coffee shop, a dining room at the Hotel Hana Maui, and a hamburger stand at Hana Bay. There are also two grocery stores.
Sugar Cane: The first plantation growing sugar cane opened at Hana in 1855, and by 1900 there were five plantations, three mills an miles of sugar cane fields between the Hana Airport and Kipahulu. In 1921 the plantations were consolidated into one company, Kaeleku Plantation, and that company was converted to a cattle ranch in 1946. Hotel Hana Maui was built shortly after that. At the present time, the Hana people are employed by Hana Ranch, Hotel Hana Maui, various rental units, many county jobs, three commercial nurseries, gardening and housecleaning etc.
Rainfall: The average rainfall is approximately seventy inches a year.
Hana Road: The Hana highway was completed in 1927. Before that there was a horse trail only. There were a number of small wharf`s along the Hana Coast for taking out sugar cane, and freighters called at the old dock at Hana Bay every other week, starting in the 1870`s.
Swimming: The best ocean swimming is right at Hana Bay. Snorkeling in interesting beyond the pier. There is a trail to the lighthouse, passing the birthplace of Kaahumanu, who was Kamehameha the First favorite queen.
Population: In ancient times about seventy five thousand Hawaiians lived along this wet stretch of coastline. During the plantation days there were around five or six thousand people. At the present time there are about seven hundred people right in Hana. There are still many Hawaiians and part hawaiians living here.
Around the island: It is not advisable to drive all the way around the island because the insurance on rental cars is not valid in a certain area past Oheo Gulch. It is a very bad road.