Kaneohe Naval Air Station · Photo: Cpl Richard Mattingly, USMC · Public domainKaneohe Base has 8 acres of parks, 0.7 for every 1,000 residents
91% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 2.3 miles of mapped trail cross Kaneohe Base, 0.5 per square mile of land. 2% of Kaneohe Base’s land is conserved, about 44 acres.
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns · #69 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kaneohe Base?
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How much outdoors does Kaneohe Base have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kaneohe Base is ahead of 44% of U.S. towns, #69 of 93 in Hawaii. The share of residents near a park 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 Kaneohe Base’s 2% is ahead of 9% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 50% of them.
Water is 24% of Kaneohe Base’s area (1 of 6 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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44 conserved acres
2% of Kaneohe Base’s land. Water is left out: Kaneohe Base has 4.4 square miles of land and 1.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kaneohe Base’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreline Local Park | County | 44 | Open |
9 places to go in Kaneohe Base
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 3 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
2 boat launches without a name on the map.
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, one a National Historic Landmark
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 Kaneohe Base: April to August
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 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| High (°F) | 79 | 78 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 81 | 79 |
| Rain (in) | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 |
June is the driest month (1.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 84 °F). 3.7 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Kaneohe Base →
Kaneohe Base and its neighbors
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Questions about parks and trails in Kaneohe Base
How much of Kaneohe Base is conserved land?
2% 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 Kaneohe Base?
17,677 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kaneohe Base or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 8 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kaneohe Base have?
Ahead of 44% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #69 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 Kaneohe Base 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 →