{"id":389,"date":"2011-06-09T07:56:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T07:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/?p=389"},"modified":"2011-09-11T06:29:43","modified_gmt":"2011-09-11T06:29:43","slug":"lydgate-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/archives\/389","title":{"rendered":"Lydgate State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>A popular family hang out place with a beach facing the east side of the island.<!--more--><\/address>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>Lydgate Park is a popular 40-acre ocean-front park at the mouth of the Wailua River. The long stretch of sand fronts a beautiful grass park with picnic areas, facilities and groves of ironwood trees. Two sandy, boulder-enclosed ponds are ideal for kids and snorkeling. Near the river at the north end of the park are the ruins of Hauola (City of Refuge) and Hikina A Ka La (Rising of the Sun), two sacred religious sites from the 1300s. An interpretive trail circles the temple through a coconut grove. The views inland include the Nounou Mountains and the Kalepa Ridge.<br \/>\n one-acre beach park offers some of the only protected waters on Kauai&#8217;s east coast and is a fun place to swim, snorkel, and feed the clouds of fish that will appear if you sprinkle frozen peas in the water for them.<\/p>\n<p>Lydgate also has lifeguards on duty and they, along with the calm and clear water of the enclosed pool, make it a very safe spot.<\/p>\n<p>The sandy beach is also popular for picnics, kite flying, and strolling, and includes restrooms and showers. Volunteers built a playground at this park, where the coconut grove once served as an ancient safe ground for Hawaiians who had broken the law.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about 5 miles north of Lihue on Hwy. 56, just before the Kauai Resort Hotel. Turn right on Leho Dr. at mile marker 5 then take the second right into the beach parking lot.<\/p>\n<h2>Trivia<\/h2>\n<p>Lydgate State Park was part of the shooting location for Elvis Presley&#8217;s classic film Blue Hawaii, along with the Coco Palms hotel (destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address>Quoted from greathawaiivacations.com and rei.com<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular family hang out place with a beach facing the east side of the island<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destination","category-hawaii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biei.us\/bluelake\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}