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Updated at 8:29 a.m., Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Longer daylight keeps 7 O'ahu parks open extra hour

Advertiser Staff

Entrance gates to seven O'ahu state parks will now close one hour later — at 7:45 p.m., according to a summer schedule put in place by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

"Due to longer daylight hours, we will extend park use time and will close the following parks nightly at 7:45 p.m.," DLNR chairman Peter Young said in a news release.

Park hours are now 7 a.m. to 7:45 p.m., and signs are posted with these times at these parks:

  • Keaiwa Heiau State Recreation Area, 'Aiea

  • Malaekahana State Recreation Area, Kahuku

  • Pu'u 'Ualaka'a State Wayside, Makiki

  • Sand Island State Recreation Area, Honolulu

  • Wa'ahila Ridge State Recreation Area, Honolulu

  • Wahiawa Freshwater State Recreation Area, Wahiawa

  • Ka Iwi State Wilderness Area, Honolulu