2026 Sum Easy Hikes - Diamond Head Video Jun 12 2026, 09 49 19

Aloha kakou! Highlights of our counterclockwise walk around DH Start at the mauka (north) corner of Operation Red Wings... Optional for those with extra energy: Kahala Lookout up the path to DH Crater. Fort Ruger Pathway Diamond Head Market and Grill. You can either bring your own brunch or you can buy something here. I love their food and desserts, so whenever I'm in the area I try to make a stop. Last Thanksgiving I ordered two of their meals and was very pleased with them. We will walk down to Kapiolani Park to dine. Kapiolani Park and Paki Playground. Past the tennis courts, up a side road, then back on DH Road to return to our starting spot. The uphill trek in front of DH might be too gruelling for some of you. This is why I am looking for one or two cars and drivers to shuttle people up from Leahi Park on DH Road (3187 DH Rd) up to the highest point on the road in front of DH. The address is approximately 3530 DH Road. This would also be an option if you need to leave before we finish the walk. Then in the morning some of us will meet at Kapiolani Park, we'll leave the required number of cars there, then one car will take the drivers to Operation Red Wings Medal of Honor Park. We will start our walk at 0900. Are you familiar with the Emmy-award-winning PBS travel and culture series hosted by Christine Van Blokland? In that vein we ask: Is Diamond Head a volcano? Why is Diamond Head called Diamond Head? Who was Muriel Flanders? What is the connection between the movie the "Sound of Music" and La Pietra school? Why is there a mound near Paki Playground? Why is there an Amelia Earhart Memorial at one of the lookouts? What is the oldest theatre in the United States west of the Mississippi river? Was Diamond Head featured in any movies? What did Jack Lord have to do with our local movie industry? What is a historic home and are there any around Diamond Head? A hui hou! Mike Which sports are played in Kapiolani Park? Hint: The clues are in alphabetical order. A _ _ _ _ _ y (near the tennis courts) B _ _ _ _ _ _ l B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l B _ k _ _ g B _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ (eh! Paisano!) C _ _ _ _ _ t (not a phone carrier) E- B _ _ _ _ g F _ _ _ F _ _ _ _ _ _ l J _ _ _ _ _ g L _ _ _ _ _ _ e (a North American Indigenous people's game) Open Ocean S _ _ _ _ _ _ g O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ _ g P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ g (on the water) P _ _ _ _ _ b _ _ l R _ _ _ y Slackl _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ r (popular in the park with adults and toddlers) S _ _ _ b _ _ l S _ _ f _ _ _ (in the ocean) T _ _ _ _ _ Ul _ _ _ _ _ _ F _ _ _ _ _ _ V _ _ _ _ _ b _ _ l W _ _ _ _ _ _ (you're doing it now) Y _ _ _