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==Recreation and leisure== [[Kapalua Resort]] offers accommodations, a variety of restaurants, a shop, and several [[golf course]]s. The area has several [[beach]]es. Kapalua Bay is the resort namesake at {{coord| 20|59|58|N| 156|40|0|W|type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline |name=Kapalua Bay}}. The name ''kapa lua'' means "two borders" in the [[Hawaiian language]].<ref>{{Hawaiian Dictionaries |kapalua |dic=pp |accessdate= November 10, 2010 }}</ref> Oneloa Bay at {{coord| 21|0|17|N| 156|39|31|W|type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline |name=Oneloa Bay}}<ref>{{GNIS |362824 |Oneloa Bay }}</ref> and Honokahua Bay are also backed by the resort. Mokule{{okina}}ia Bay and Honolua Bay are to the north in [[Honolua, Hawaii|Honolua]] and [[Napili, Hawaii|Nāpili]] is to the south. Kapalua Bay was named "Best Beach in the World" by the readers of ''[[Condé Nast Traveler]]'' magazine, "America's Best Beach" on the first annual list of [[Stephen Leatherman]]'s Top 10 Beaches in America, and the "Best Beach in America" by the [[Travel Channel]], among other honors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2018/05/30/usa-best-beaches-dr-beach-2018/|title=The best beaches in the USA for 2018 have been revealed|last=Planet|first=Lonely|website=www.lonelyplanet.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-26}}</ref> During the [[Sugar plantations in Hawaii|plantation]] era, the Kapalua beach was known as Fleming Beach but was renamed after the resort.<ref>{{gnis |358820 |Fleming Beach}}</ref> A public access site on Honokahua Bay about half a mile to the north was named [[D.T. Fleming Beach|D.T. Fleming Park]] in 1975 to keep the tribute to David Thomas Fleming (1881–1955), Honolua Plantation manager of the area before the resort was built.<ref>{{cite web |title= D.T. Fleming Park |url= http://www.mauicounty.gov/facilities.aspx?search=1&CID=6&RID=170&Page=detail |publisher= Maui County |work= official web site |access-date= November 10, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Hawaiian Dictionaries |Fleming |dic=cl |accessdate= November 10, 2010 }}</ref>
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