House of Lānaʻi
Hale is house, and Lānaʻihale is the house of the island — the high ridge running down its spine at 3,366 feet.
The ridge catches what little moisture reaches the island and feeds the aquifer. Lānaʻi is dry, and everything that lives there depends on this ground.
The Munro Trail
The track along the ridge is named for George Munro, the New Zealand naturalist who managed the ranch here in the 1910s and planted the Cook pines that draw water out of the fog. On a clear day the ridge gives a view of five other islands at once.