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Attractions near Kailua

Hulihee Palace and one more: what to see in Kailua

Some 1.9M visitors a year come to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. We list 2 places to visit inside Kailua and 12 within 40 miles. They include 3 museums, 3 gardens and 3 mountains. Set 49 mi out, Kīlauea makes a day trip.

Attractions nearby
26
within 60 miles
The big one
37 mi
Mauna Kea
National park units
4
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 37 mi east

Mauna Kea

Hawaiian volcano.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Mapped around Kailua

The farthest of them, Manuka State Wayside Park, is 39 mi out.

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Orange: Kailua. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The whole list for Kailua

2 in town lead, with 24 more within 60 miles after them.

The places inside Kailua lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Kailua → · Kailua’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Hulihee Palace: Calbear22 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens: MercolaOverMerck at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mauna Loa: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kīlauea: Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Public domain · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hualālai: Photograph by J. Kauahikaua., Public domain · Punalu'u Beach: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ka Lae: Holly Cheng, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Papakolea Beach: Pushkr from , United States, CC BY 2.0 · Akaka Falls State Park: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0 · Rainbow Falls: Kyle Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic Site: Bamse, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0 · Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden: Joey Gannon, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pacific Tsunami Museum: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · Kona Coffee Living History Farm: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0 · World Botanical Gardens: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Isaacs Art Center: HawaiiCalls, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kalopa State Recreation Area: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 · Manuka State Wayside Park: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0 · Pua Mau Place Arboretum and Botanical Garden: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0 au · University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0

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