:Kohala Mountain Road

{{Short description|State highway in Hawaii County, Hawaii, US}}

{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox road

|state=HI

|type=HI

|route=250

|alternate_name=Kohala Mountain Road

|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|frame-lat=20.132|frame-long=-155.770|zoom=10|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Kohala Mountain Road}}}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=Route 250 highlighted in red

|length_mi=19.276

|length_ref={{cite web |last1=Hawaii Department of Transportation |author-link=Hawaii Department of Transportation |title=State DOT Road Inventory |url=http://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/op/gis/data/StateAndCountyRoutes.shp.zip |accessdate=July 31, 2019 |format=ESRI Shapefile |date=October 2016}}

|established=

|direction_a=South

|terminus_a={{jct|state=HI|HI|19}} near Waimea

|junction=

|direction_b=North

|terminus_b={{jct|state=HI|HI|270}} ({{okina}}Akoni Pule Highway) in Hāwī

|counties=Hawaii

|previous_type=HI

|previous_route=240

|next_type=HI

|next_route=270

}}

Kohala Mountain Road, designated Route 250, travels upon the Kohala mountain on the island of Hawai{{okina}}i in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States.

Route description

File:2021-10-10 09 30 36 View northwest along Hawaii State Route 250 (Kohala Mountain Road) at Hawaii State Route 19 (Kawaihae Road) in Waimea, Hawaii County, Hawaii.jpg

File:Along the Kohala Mountain Road.JPG

File:Looking west from Highway 250 in North Kohala.JPG

Kohala Mountain road, known locally as "the High Road", begins about {{convert |1.8 |mi|km }} west of Waimea, at {{Coord |20|1|36|N| 155|41|57|W| type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline|name= Hawaii Route 250 southern terminus}}, near the Hawaii Preparatory Academy campus. Route 19 at this point is known as Hawaii Belt Road, or Kawaihae Road.

The northern terminus (where Route 250 is known as Hāwī Road), is in the town of Hāwī at {{Coord |20|14|16|N| 155|49|49|W| type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline |name= Hāwī}},{{GNIS |2414039 |Hāwī }} at the intersection of {{okina}}Akoni Pule Highway (Route 270).

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Major junctions

{{jcttop|length_ref=|state=HI|county=Hawaii}}

{{jctint

| state=HI

| location=Waimea

| ctdab=Hawaii

| mile=0.000

| road={{jct|state=HI|HI|19|location1=Waimea|city2=Kawaihae|name1=Kawaihae Road}}}}

{{jctint

| state=HI

| location=Hawi

| mile=19.276

| road={{jct|state=HI|HI|270|city1=Mahukona|city2=Kawaihae|city3=Kapaau|city4=Pololu|name1=Akoni Pule Highway}}}}

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See also

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References

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