Photo: Polihale at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.033% of Kekaha’s land is conserved: 199 acres
87% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 0.4 miles of mapped trail cross Kekaha, 0.4 per square mile of land. 50 acres are parks and preserves, 13 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 80% of U.S. towns · #18 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kekaha?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Kekaha have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kekaha is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns, #18 of 93 in Hawaii. All four inputs are above most U.S. towns; conserved land ranks highest, park acres per resident lowest.
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Kekaha’s 33% is ahead of 85% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 41% of them.
Water is 26% of Kekaha’s area (0 of 1 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 24%.
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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Kekaha Beach Park
199 conserved acres
33% of Kekaha’s land. Water is left out: Kekaha has 1.0 square miles of land and 0.3 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kekaha’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 | 145 | Open |
| Kekaha City Beach Park Local Park | County | 36 | Open |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 18 | Unknown |
| Kekaha Beach Park Local Park | County | 10 | Open |
1 places to go in Kekaha
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
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.
The best walking months in Kekaha: 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) | 79 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 87 | 86 | 84 | 82 |
| Rain (in) | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 |
August is the driest month (0.3 in) and the warmest (highs of 88 °F). 3.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. Summer highs reach 88 °F, too hot for the outline. The climate in Kekaha →
Kekaha and its neighbors
Kekaha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kekaha | 33% | 0.4 | 13 | 87% | A− |
| Waimea | 37% | 1.8 | 22 | 82% | A |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Kekaha
How much of Kekaha is conserved land?
33% 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 Kekaha’s trails?
Faye Park and Kekaha Beach Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Kekaha?
22,129 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kekaha or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 191 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kekaha have?
Ahead of 80% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #18 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 Kekaha 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 →