Halaula has 6.4 miles of mapped trails, 1.5 for every square mile of land
1% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 23 acres are parks and preserves, 22 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Halaula’s land is conserved, about 33 acres.
Ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Halaula?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Halaula have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Halaula is ahead of 46% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Halaula’s 1% is ahead of 8% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 83% of them.
Water is 7% of Halaula’s area (0 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 1%.
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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33 conserved acres
1% of Halaula’s land. Water is left out: Halaula has 4.4 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Halaula’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 | 29 | Open |
| Kauhola Point National Public Lands | Other or Unknown Federal Land | 4 | Open |
1 places to go in Halaula
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 named trail
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 1 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
The best walking months in Halaula: April and May
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) | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| High (°F) | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 84 |
| Rain (in) | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.2 |
July is the driest month (0.2 in) and August the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 1.5 inches fall in January, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Halaula →
Halaula and its neighbors
Halaula has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halaula | 1% | 1.5 | 22 | 1% | B− |
| Kapaau | 2% | 0.8 | 20 | 33% | B− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Halaula
How much of Halaula is conserved land?
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 Halaula?
14,620 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Halaula or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 52 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Halaula have?
Ahead of 46% 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 Halaula 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 →