Kapolei Community Park
Park
11 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Photo: Travis.Thurston · CC BY-SA 3.0AOutdoors
Outdoors in Kapolei
32% of Kapolei’s land is conserved: 884 acres
8.4 miles of mapped trail cross Kapolei, 1.9 per square mile of land. 96% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 113 acres are parks and preserves, 5.1 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 88% of U.S. towns · #10 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
Conserved land
32%
884 acres · of 4.4 sq mi of land
Trails
8.4 mi
1.9 per sq mi of land
Park land
113 ac
5.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
0.7 mi
0.7 mi paths
Highest peak
148 ft
Puʻukapolei
What kind of outdoors town is Kapolei?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
Outdoors grade
How much outdoors does Kapolei have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kapolei is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns, #10 of 93 in Hawaii. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Kapolei’s overall grade.
Conserved land32% of the land · typical HI town 14% · U.S. 4%ATrails1.9 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (8 mi) · HI 0.5 · U.S. 0.4APark land5.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (113 acres) · HI 4 · U.S. 13CParks close to home96% of residents within a half mile of a park · HI 83% · U.S. 72%A−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 88%
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Hawaii towns of 2,500+ (93)Ahead of 90%
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Kapolei’s 32% is ahead of 84% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 90% of them.
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.
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 Kapolei Community Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
Kapolei Regional Park
Managed by City and County of Honolulu
71 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Villages of Kapolei Neighborhood (A'eloa) Park
Park
2 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Kapolei Knolls Community Park
Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Who protects it
884 conserved acres
32% of Kapolei’s land. Who manages Kapolei’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
State Department of Land784 ac
Town or city94 ac
County88 ac
State Resource Management Area · 784 acLocal Park · 94 acLocal Other or Unknown · 88 ac
Good to know
Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 6 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 | 784 | Open |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 88 | Unknown |
| Kapolei Regional Park Local Park | Town or city | 70 | Open |
| Kapolei Community Park Local Park | Town or city | 12 | Open |
| Kapolei NP (future) Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
| Mehana Neighborhood Park Local Park | Town or city | 6 | Open |
Things to do
6 places to go in Kapolei
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Public pools in Kapolei
Hawaiian Waters Wave Pool
DirectionsWaterworld
DirectionsPlaygrounds in Kapolei
Keiki Kove
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
Peaks in Kapolei
Puʻukapolei148 ft elevation · In Kapolei Regional Park
DirectionsBiking & sports
0.7 miles of bike routes
Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
0.7 mi
off-road bike paths
Courts & fields
5Basketball
5Tennis
3Multi-sport
2Baseball
1Skate park
Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.
When to get out
The best walking months in Kapolei: 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 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 87 | 84 | 82 |
| Rain (in) | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
June is the driest month (0.3 in) and August the warmest (highs of 89 °F). 2.3 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 89 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kapolei →
Next door
Kapolei and its neighbors
Kapolei has the most mapped trails of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapolei | 32% | 1.9 | 5 | 96% | A |
| East Kapolei | 44% | 0.8 | 15 | 55% | A− |
| Makakilo | 3% | under 0.1 | 1 | 87% | C |
| Kalaeloa | 9% | 0.4 | 24 | 99% | A− |
| Ewa Villages | 69% | 4.6 | 35 | 98% | A+ |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Kapolei
Where can I hike in Kapolei?
The longest trail networks: Kapolei Community Park, 0.4 miles; Villages of Kapolei Neighborhood (A'eloa) Park, 0.1 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.
How much of Kapolei is conserved land?
32% 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 Kapolei’s trails?
Kapolei Community Park and Kapolei Regional Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Where can I bike in Kapolei?
0.7 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.7 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Kapolei?
15,931 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kapolei or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 897 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kapolei have?
Ahead of 88% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #10 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 Kapolei 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 →