KAUNAKAKAI TOWN
Kaunakakai, once a small Hawaiian fishing village, is now the main town on Molokai. This began in the 1920’s with the establishment of 2 pineapple plantations and the beginning settlements of Hawaiian Homelands creating the need for a harbor and wharf more centrally located that those on the east end. Kaunakakai is home to about half of the island’s population. Ala Malama is the town’s main avenue consisting of mostly “mom and pop” stores, many of which are the original structures built in the 1930’s, simple wood-frame construction, one and two-story. Ala Malama was named after the summer home of King Kamehameha V in the 1860s. The nearby harbor is at the end of the state’s longest pier, and is used by commercial and recreational vessels. The ferry from Maui arrives here. Kaunakakai is an abbreviation of Kaunakahakai, meaning “beach landing”
…Cache is at…
NORTH
number of gas stations
number of public libraries
number of traffic lights
first number of highway route
number of suites at Kamoi Professional Center
number of churches in “Church Row” across from Coconut Grove
number of banks
WEST
first number on building wall at the corner of Ala Malama & Kamo
King Kamehameha the “?” highway starts past town
3rd number in Kaunakakai’s zipcode
number of McDonalds + number of elevators
number of drive-thru’s
number from adding the 2 numbers of the pier’s speed limit sign
number of letters in the name of the island you are on
number of canoe club before the wharf X 2
