Few parks or trails are on the map in Discovery Harbour
0.5 miles of mapped trail cross Discovery Harbour, 0.1 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. What drives it
How much outdoors does Discovery Harbour have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Discovery Harbour is ahead of 7% of U.S. towns. All four inputs are below most U.S. towns; trail miles come closest.
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Discovery Harbour’s under 1% is ahead of 3% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 14% of them.
PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
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10 conserved acres
under 1% of Discovery Harbour’s land. Who manages Discovery Harbour’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Department of Land State Resource Management Area State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 10 | Open |
1 places to go in Discovery Harbour
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The best walking months in Discovery Harbour: April to August
NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| High (°F) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 77 |
| Rain (in) | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
June is the driest month (0.9 in) and August the warmest (highs of 79 °F). 2.7 inches fall in January, the wettest month. The climate in Discovery Harbour →
Questions about parks and trails in Discovery Harbour
How much of Discovery Harbour is conserved land?
under 1% of its land, against a typical 14% for a Hawaii town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.
Is there public land near Discovery Harbour?
45,400 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Discovery Harbour or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 13 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Discovery Harbour have?
Ahead of 7% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Trail talk
Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Discovery Harbour neighbors.
Where this page comes from
Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →