Tips on the Lindbergh’s gravesite, Hana, Maui

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Looking east towards the rising sun, Lindbergh’s grave is close by.

You will not see a sign to his grave site. There is a sign on the main road that reads “PALAPALA HO’OMAU Congregational Church.” Turn left here!

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This is the sign you look for locating Lindbergh’s gravesite.

Since our last visit in 2012, the road to the cemetery has been re-paved! The ruts and pot-holes are no more. Also, the ranch on the right is for sale. It was a beautiful working ranch in 2012.

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In 2015 the ranch is up for sale.

Visiting this famous grave site four different times, we have come to appreciate the serenity of Kipahulu. Just a mile further from the Seven Sacred Pools is this most over-looked historical grave sites.

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You will also pass this beautiful waterfall along the way.

Bill Bryson book, 1927, given an excellent portrayal of Lindbergh’s famous flight. It is Lindbergh’s extra marital affairs, love of the early Nazi’s and his elitist attitude that I object too. Nevertheless, I respect what the man did back in 1927. Plenty of people lost lives before and after Lindbergh’s epic 33 hour flight trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

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In 1927, Charles Lindbergh was but 25 years old.
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Lindbergh’s famous plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, is in the Air and Space Museum in D.C.
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Lindbergh actually made a number of trips with this plane.

Our first sojourn to Lindbergh’s grave was in 1998. We drove at least five miles past the cemetery thinking there would be a sign. My wife convinced me to turn around and ask a local. She was so mad at me she didn’t even get out of the car when we finally arrived. We were victims of “the Road to Hana.

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We now enjoy the Road to Hana and spend a few days. Why rush? Why feel stressed? Be Happy!

At the end of this short road, not too far from the main road where you turned left, is a beautiful small Church. When you look right, you can see the Pacific. Lindbergh fell in love with this area.

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A simple Hawaiian Church.

A short walk will get you to Lindbergh’s grave. There are six smaller graves close by which are a friends Asian gibbons.

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A friend’s Gibbons are buried here….

In reality, there are not too many people buried here. Along the fence which protects you from going over the cliff, is the grave of Robert Deming. His gravestone says, “Success is in the journey, not in the destination.”

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There are few people actually buried in this cemetery.

Charles A. Lindbergh died at the age of 72 in 1974. You will not find his wife buried here, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, as she died in Vermont in 2001. She was cremated and her ashes scattered. The son is buried in New Jersey.

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Not many people visit this gravesite. We have come five times, and all five times we were alone.

 

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