Keālia is that area between Punea and Ka‘ohu and bordered by Pu‘u ‘Ōlelo. Its most remarkable landmark is a small lake fed by surface runoff and subterranean springs.

There are several stories concerning Keālia. One is that Pele dug down until she hit water. Another concerns a little boy named Keālia. He was adopted by an old lady who lived up on the mauka lands. Keālia loved the luahine and decided he wanted to pay her back. So he would go away in the night and when he returned in the morning he would have plenty of food. The luahine loved Keālia for this, but began to wonder where he was getting the food from. Well one morning Keālia came running home dropping all the food as ran. Behind him was a village of people chasing after him.

The luahine asked him, “Keālia what has happened?” The young boy replied, “I have done an awful thing. I have been stealing food from the village below and now I am caught.” The luahine instructed Keālia to hide beneath a rock and she took off running in an attempt to get the villagers to chase her and not the boy. Well it worked. The villagers chased the old woman and when they caught her the villagers killed the old lady. Her body is there to this day as the hill known as Pu‘u Luahine. As for Keālia, he remained beneath the stone and the tears he cried for the Luahine created the lake.

The lake is more commonly known as Meyer Lake.