Photo: Polihale Christopher P. Becker posla.com · CC BY-SA 3.036% of Hanapepe’s land is conserved: 219 acres
99% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 1.2 miles of mapped trail cross Hanapepe, 1.3 per square mile of land. 27 acres are parks and preserves, 10 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 92% of U.S. towns · #5 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Hanapepe?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Hanapepe have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hanapepe is ahead of 92% of U.S. towns, #5 of 93 in Hawaii. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Hanapepe’s 36% is ahead of 86% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 78% of them.
Water is 9% of Hanapepe’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 33%.
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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219 conserved acres
36% of Hanapepe’s land. Water is left out: Hanapepe has 0.9 square miles of land and 0.1 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hanapepe’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 4 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Department of Land State Resource Management Area State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 214 | Open |
| Hanapepe Stadium Park Local Recreation Area | County | 23 | Open |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 4 | Unknown |
| Hanapepe Town Park Local Park | County | 1 | Open |
3 places to go in Hanapepe
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
1 playground without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
1 lakes & rivers
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
1 place on the National Register
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Hanapepe: April to June
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) | 10.9 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| High (°F) | 80 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 87 | 86 | 83 | 81 |
| Rain (in) | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
June is the driest month (0.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 87 °F). 4.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 87 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hanapepe →
Hanapepe and its neighbors
Hanapepe has the second 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanapepe | 36% | 1.3 | 10 | 99% | A |
| Eleele | 15% | 3.3 | 4 | 99%+ | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hanapepe
How much of Hanapepe is conserved land?
36% 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 Hanapepe?
14,164 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hanapepe or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 211 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hanapepe have?
Ahead of 92% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #5 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 Hanapepe 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 →