06/01/2026
About eight miles past , Palapala Hoʻomau Church feels like the kind of place you find only when you keep going. The road leads to a small historic church, ocean cliffs, peaceful grounds, and one of Maui’s most talked-about gravesites. , the famed aviator who crossed the Atlantic solo in 1927, later lived in Kīpahulu and chose to be buried here after his death in 1974.
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