Hickam Beach
Managed by Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Morale Welfare and Recreation
8 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yetWebsite ↗
Photo: Mueller, Robert · Public domainBOutdoors
Outdoors in Hickam Housing
Hickam Housing has 5.6 miles of mapped trails, 1.2 for every square mile of land
88% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 43 acres are parks and preserves, 4.6 per 1,000 residents. 1% of Hickam Housing’s land is conserved, about 38 acres.
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns · #56 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
Conserved land
1%
38 acres · of 4.6 sq mi of land
Trails
5.6 mi
1.2 per sq mi of land
Park land
43 ac
4.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
88%
of residents within ½ mile
What kind of outdoors town is Hickam Housing?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Hickam Housing have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Hickam Housing is ahead of 56% of U.S. towns, #56 of 93 in Hawaii. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
B
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Hickam Housing’s overall grade.
Conserved land1% of the land · typical HI town 14% · U.S. 4%CTrails1.2 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (6 mi) · HI 0.5 · U.S. 0.4A−Park land4.6 acres of park per 1,000 residents (43 acres) · HI 4 · U.S. 13CParks close to home88% 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 56%
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Hawaii towns of 2,500+ (93)Ahead of 40%
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Hickam Housing’s 1% is ahead of 8% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 76% of them.
Water is 6% of Hickam Housing’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%.
How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from C+ to B+. 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.
Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Hickam Field of Dreams Playground
Park
4 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
38 conserved acres
1% of Hickam Housing’s land. Water is left out: Hickam Housing has 4.6 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Hickam Housing’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State Department of Land25 ac
County14 ac
State Resource Management Area · 25 acLocal Other or Unknown · 9 acLocal Park · 5 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 3 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
The biggest protected parcels
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Department of Land State Resource Management Area State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 25 | Open |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 9 | Unknown |
| Shoreline Local Park | County | 5 | Open |
Things to do
8 places to go in Hickam Housing
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Beaches in Hickam Housing
Fort Kamehameha Beach
DirectionsHickam Harbor BeachIn Hickam Beach
DirectionsPublic pools in Hickam Housing
1 public pool without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see it.
Playgrounds in Hickam Housing
2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Dog parks in Hickam Housing
1 dog park without a name on the map.
Boat launches in Hickam Housing
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
Biking & sports
0.0 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Courts & fields
8Basketball
7Baseball
6Tennis
1Beach volleyball
1Multi-sport
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
History along the way
History →6 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 3 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.
When to get out
The best walking months in Hickam Housing: 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 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| High (°F) | 81 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 84 | 82 |
| Rain (in) | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
June is the driest month (0.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 2.4 inches fall in March, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Hickam Housing →
Next door
Hickam Housing and its neighbors
Hickam Housing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickam Housing | 1% | 1.2 | 5 | 88% | B |
| Urban Honolulu | 30% | 1.7 | 7 | 97% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Hickam Housing
How much of Hickam Housing 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.
Are dogs allowed on Hickam Housing’s trails?
Hickam Beach and Wela Loop Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Hickam Housing?
18,522 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Hickam Housing or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 57 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Hickam Housing have?
Ahead of 56% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #56 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 Hickam Housing 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 →