Makapuu Point Light, Lighthouse at Makapuu Point, Hawaii, United States.

Makapuʻu Point Light is a 14-metre reinforced-concrete tower, painted white, with a circular gallery and a tall lantern topped by a red dome. It stands high on a volcanic point at the southeastern tip of Oahu, above rocky cliffs used by hang gliders. Its occulting light sits at a focal height of 130 metres and flashes white every 10 seconds.

The lighthouse was built in 1909 to assist ships with navigation and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. This recognition honored its importance to Hawaii's maritime history and its role in keeping vessels safe at sea.

The light's name comes from Makapuʻu Point, the southeasternmost tip of Oahu and the landfall for traffic from the American west coast to Honolulu. The hyperradiant lens shown at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition was reused here rather than ordered new, making this the only U.S. light with such an optic. The tower is marked white with a red lantern, though older sources still describe a black lantern.

The trail to reach the lighthouse covers about 3 kilometers round trip and requires decent physical conditioning due to the uphill sections. Bring water and sun protection since there is little shade along the way and the sun is strong at this elevated location.

The optic at Makapuʻu Point is a hyperradiant Fresnel lens, a size beyond the first order, displayed at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Rather than order a new one, the Lighthouse Board reused it here. It stands twelve feet tall, holds over a thousand prisms, and has been in service since the light's activation in 1909.