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Outdoors in Haleiwa

Haleiwa has 5.0 miles of mapped trails, 1.6 for every square mile of land

11% of Haleiwa’s land is conserved, about 210 acres. The biggest trail networks: Puaena Point Beach Park (0.7 mi). 159 acres are parks and preserves, 32 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 87% of U.S. towns · #13 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it

Conserved land
11%
210 acres · of 3.1 sq mi of land
Trails
5.0 mi
1.6 per sq mi of land
Park land
159 ac
32 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
69%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
4.9 mi
0.8 mi paths
Lakes & rivers
4
12 beaches

What kind of outdoors town is Haleiwa?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

A trail town1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 90% of U.S. towns.Land that stays wild11% of the land is conserved; a typical Hawaii town, 14%.A beach town9 named beaches on the map.History along the way3 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Haleiwa have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Haleiwa is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns, #13 of 93 in Hawaii. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; trail miles rank highest, the share of residents near a park lowest.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Haleiwa’s overall grade.
Conserved land11% of the land · typical HI town 14% · U.S. 4%A−Trails1.6 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (5 mi) · HI 0.5 · U.S. 0.4APark land32 acres of park per 1,000 residents (159 acres) · HI 4 · U.S. 13B+Parks close to home69% of residents within a half mile of a park · HI 83% · U.S. 72%B
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 87%
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Hawaii towns of 2,500+ (93)Ahead of 87%

Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Haleiwa’s 11% is ahead of 41% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 88% of them.

Water is 41% of Haleiwa’s area (2 of 5 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 6%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from A− to A. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Puaena Point Beach Park, with 0.7 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Puaena Point Beach Park

Park
24 acres0.7 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Kaiaka Bay Beach Park

Park
46 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Haleiwa Alii Beach Park

Park
20 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Haleiwa Beach Park

Park
12 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 6 parks & preserves
Puaena Point Beach Park24 acres · 0.7 mi of trail
Directions
Kaiaka Bay Beach Park46 acres
Haleiwa Alii Beach Park20 acres
Directions
Haleiwa Beach Park12 acres
Directions
Haleiwa Beach Park Mauka6 acres
Directions
Haleiwa Army Beach1 acres
Directions
Who protects it

210 conserved acres

11% of Haleiwa’s land. Water is left out: Haleiwa has 3.1 square miles of land and 2.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Haleiwa’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

County196 ac
Town or city92 ac
State Department of Land32 ac
Local Other or Unknown · 148 acLocal Recreation Area · 90 acLocal Park · 49 acState Resource Management Area · 32 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 13 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
County Land Local Other or Unknown
Local Other or Unknown
County148Unknown
Kaiaka Bay Beach Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city52Open
State Department of Land State Resource Management Area
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land32Open
Shoreline
Local Park
County26Open
Haleiwa Alii Beach Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city19Open
Waimea Bay Beach Park
Local Park
County16Open
Haleiwa Beach Park
Local Recreation Area
Town or city15Open
Haleiwa Beach Park Mauka
Local Recreation Area
Town or city4Open
Laniakea Beach Support Park (undevel)
Local Park
County2Open
Chuns Reef Beach Support Park (undevel)
Local Park
Town or city2Open

3 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

16 places to go in Haleiwa

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Beaches in Haleiwa
Chuns Reef Beach
Directions
Haleiwa Alii Beach
Directions
Haleʻiwa Beach
Directions
Kaiaka Bay BeachIn Kaiaka Bay Beach Park
Directions
Kawailoa Beach
Directions
Ke Iki Beach Bungalows
Directions
Laniakea Beach
Directions
Maeaea BeachIn Haleiwa Beach Park
Directions
1 more beach
Waimea Bay
Directions

Plus 3 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 named trail and 4 lakes & rivers

Named trails
Unpaved · 0.9 mi
Beach Access0.1 mi
Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Loko Ea FishpondpondAnahulu RiverPaukauila StreamʻŌpaeʻula Stream
Biking & sports

4.9 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

0.8 mi
off-road bike paths
4.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
1Basketball
1Tennis

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

3 places on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Kawailoa Ryusenji TempleBuilding · listed 1978
About it
Waialua SchoolBuilding · listed 1980
About it
Waialua Fire StationBuilding · listed 1980
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Haleiwa: April to July

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)10.911.412.012.613.213.413.312.912.211.611.110.8
High (°F)787979818384858686848179
Rain (in)4.74.05.64.23.63.53.93.23.34.46.15.5

August is the driest month (3.2 in) and the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 6.1 inches fall in November, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 86 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Haleiwa →

Next door

Haleiwa and its neighbors

Haleiwa has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Haleiwa5.0 miWaialua1.9 miPupukea1.3 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Haleiwa11%1.63269%A
Waialua5%0.9694%B+
Pupukea13%0.43163%B+

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Haleiwa

Where can I hike in Haleiwa?

The longest trail networks: Puaena Point Beach Park, 0.7 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Haleiwa is conserved land?

11% 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.

Are dogs allowed on Haleiwa’s trails?

Puaena Point Beach Park and Kaiaka Bay Beach Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Haleiwa?

4.9 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.8 of off-road paths and 4.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Haleiwa?

11,966 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Haleiwa or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 184 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Haleiwa have?

Ahead of 87% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #13 of 93 in Hawaii. 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 Haleiwa neighbors.

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Sources

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 →