In Kailua-Kona, stop at a coffee shop for a cup of famed Kona coffee, grown on Big Island plantations. The highway climbs from sea level to nearly 2,500 feet as you enter wide-open cattle country; pullouts along the way offer sweeping vistas of distant mountains. The 40-mile drive ends at Waimea, surrounded by ranches and farms—and there’s nary a palm tree in sight.
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