Kalaupapa National Historical Park (redirected from Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement)

Kalaupapa National Historical Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Kalaupapa National Historical Park

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Historical Parks

Address: PO Box 2222
Kalaupapa, HI 96742
Phone: 808-567-6802;
Fax: 808-567-6729;
Web: www.nps.gov/kala/
Size: 10,779 acres.
Established: Authorized on December 22, 1980. Administered in cooperation with several Hawaii state agencies.
Location: On the central northern coast of the Island of Molokai, Hawaii.
Facilities: Museum/exhibit.
Activities: The National Park Service does not offer any regularly scheduled interpretive programs or activities because of the restricted nature of visitation to the park. Tours of the park are offered through a commercial service, owned and operated by a Kalaupapa resident.
Special Features: Park contains the site of the Molokai Island Hansen's disease (leprosy) settlement (1866-1969), areas relating to early Hawaiian settlement, scenic and geological resources, and habitats for rare and endangered species. The churches of Siloama, established in 1866 and St. Philomena, begun in 1872 and associated with the work of Father Damien (Joseph DeVeuster) are located at Kalawao. Father Damien's life and death among his people foccussed the attention of the world on the problem of this disease and the plight of its victims.

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See other parks in Hawaii.