02-18-2014, 04:23 PM
Firstly, the public access thru Hawn. Homes is sketchy at best, and DLNR never returned my call requesting details. A friend and I have been allowed thru a few times to fish after talking story with the keeper of the gate when OPEN. If closed, fugedit. At the Shipman-Hawn Homes bounday we followed a fishing trail at the vegetation edge along the coast a few miles to Papai Bay going in, and walked a portion of the old road back out. Fairly EZ going either way.
From the Kaloli end, I once hiked past Haena a mile or so along the trail-less coast to fish. For a change of pace I decided to follow a trail that appeared to head back to the old inland coastal road. Big mistake! It was at least a half mile ruff trek before connecting with the old "road" which was unmaintained and grown over with shrubbery in spots. Mostly, it was dank, dark, and muddy. By the time I emerged from the jungle at Haena I was exhausted. If that kind of challenge excites you go for it but it is NOT a walk in the park like the state maintained Shipman Beach trail. And actually the "road" between between Hawn Homes and Haena is clearly signed as "Private". My topo map delineates the distance between Papai and Haena as 4-5 miles.
Aloha aina, aloha kai
From the Kaloli end, I once hiked past Haena a mile or so along the trail-less coast to fish. For a change of pace I decided to follow a trail that appeared to head back to the old inland coastal road. Big mistake! It was at least a half mile ruff trek before connecting with the old "road" which was unmaintained and grown over with shrubbery in spots. Mostly, it was dank, dark, and muddy. By the time I emerged from the jungle at Haena I was exhausted. If that kind of challenge excites you go for it but it is NOT a walk in the park like the state maintained Shipman Beach trail. And actually the "road" between between Hawn Homes and Haena is clearly signed as "Private". My topo map delineates the distance between Papai and Haena as 4-5 miles.
Aloha aina, aloha kai
Aloha aina, aloha kai