Piʻiholo is a mountain summit on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It is at 20°51′7″N 156°17′33″W / 20.85194°N 156.29250°W and has an elevation of 689 meters (2,260 feet). [1]
Its soils are mostly dark reddish brown silty clays developed on long-weathered volcanic ash which supports ranchland where cattle and horses are raised. [2] There also is a headquarters unit of the Maui Invasive Species Committee (MISC) [3] at the Haleakala Experiment Station of the University of Hawaii. [4] The nearest town is Makawao.
The major landowner in the area is the family descended from Henry Perrine Baldwin (1842–1911). [5] His son Henry Alexander Baldwin created the Piʻiholo Ranch out of the larger Haleakala Ranch, named after Haleakalā, the highest point in Maui. The ranch now features eco-tourism. [6] The endangered Hawaiian goose Branta sandvicensis known as Nēnē in the Hawaiian language, is being reintroduced here under supervision of Peter Baldwin. [7]