Alekoko fishpond

Yesterday for the first time I went to see the Alekoko fishpond (a.k.a. the misleading common name of Menehune Fishpond). There is a turnout (GPS 21.949437,-159.368489) that provides a fine view but no access to the fishpond itself which is on private property.

Situated a few miles outside Lihue in a sparsely populated area just behind the coastal mountain ridge that stretches from Nawiliwili to the west, it's a peaceful setting worth stopping by to see. You can get here by backroads (see map link above) either from Nawiliwili port or from the Kīpū turnoff from the highway west of Lihue. Expect to spend a few minutes soaking in the scenery on a slightly longer alternate route circumventing the mall area getting in or out of Lihue from the west.

The fishpond has unfortunately fallen into disrepair. In the view shown above you can see a ring of green overgrowth around the pond where plantlife has encroached into the pond edge. To the left it is easy to make out the dark gap running along the long straight edge of the pond where the river runs.