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Hilo has a lot to offer besides the Lyman Museum; see ssss1 through ssss1, for example. I hope you’ll spend some time there.

Getting Around on Hawaii

Driving

The Big Island of Hawaii has a public transportation system, the Hele-On Bus. For more information, contact the Mass Transportation System at 630 E. Lanikaula St., Hilo, HI 96720; 808-961-8744; www.hawaii-county.com/mass_transit/heleonbuss.html; or heleonbus@co.hawaii.hi.us Whether it can get a hiker to and from a particular trailhead at reasonable times is something I didn’t investigate.

Chances are that you’ll be getting around in a rental car, which you should arrange for well in advance of your visit. Ask for a modest vehicle in a drab color so it’s inconspicuous when parked at trailheads. Get a road map of Hawaii in advance, perhaps from one of the national automobile clubs if you belong to one. Even better, get the excellent “Map of Hawaii” published by the University of Hawaii Press. It’s good to be able to study the map in advance and have some notion of the island’s roads before you tackle them. Some of the maps provided by tourist bureaus are so cute they’re useless.