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Kihei coastPhoto: Michael Oswald · Public domain
A−Outdoors
Outdoors in Kihei

Kihei has 14 miles of mapped trails, 1.5 for every square mile of land

96% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 6% of Kihei’s land is conserved, about 368 acres. 100 acres are parks and preserves, 4.7 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns · #34 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it

Conserved land
6%
368 acres · of 9.4 sq mi of land
Trails
14 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
100 ac
4.7 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
96%
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
9.1 mi
6.1 mi lanes · 2.9 mi paths

What kind of outdoors town is Kihei?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

A trail town1.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 88% of U.S. towns.Parks close to home96% of residents live within a half mile of a park.A beach town5 named beaches on the map.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Kihei have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kihei is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns, #34 of 93 in Hawaii. Trail miles hold the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

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OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Kihei’s overall grade.
Conserved land6% of the land · typical HI town 14% · U.S. 4%B+Trails1.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (14 mi) · HI 0.5 · U.S. 0.4APark land4.7 acres of park per 1,000 residents (100 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 75%
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Hawaii towns of 2,500+ (93)Ahead of 64%

Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Kihei’s 6% is ahead of 30% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 84% of them.

Water is 20% of Kihei’s area (2 of 12 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 5%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would range from B 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.

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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 Kalama Park, with 0.4 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Kalama Park

Managed by County of Maui
28 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

South Maui Community Park

Park
17 acres0.4 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Kihei Beach Reserve / Waipuilani Park

Managed by County of Mau
14 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Kenolio Recreation Complex

Managed by County of Maui
7 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
All 11 parks & preserves
Kalama Park28 acres · 0.4 mi of trail · County of Maui
Directions
South Maui Community Park17 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Directions
Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge5 acres · 0.2 mi of trail · United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Directions
Kamaole Park II3 acres · 0.1 mi of trail · County of Maui
Directions
Kihei Beach Reserve / Waipuilani Park14 acres · County of Mau
Directions
Kenolio Recreation Complex7 acres · County of Maui
Directions
Moana Estates Park3 acres
Directions
Kamaole Beach Park3 acres
Directions
Hale Piilani Park2 acres · County of Maui
Directions
Kalepolepo Beach Park1 acres
Directions
Cove Park1 acres · Maui County Parks
Directions
Who protects it

368 conserved acres

6% of Kihei’s land. Water is left out: Kihei has 9.4 square miles of land and 2.4 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Kihei’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State Department of Land225 ac
County113 ac
Other state land40 ac
Joint9 ac
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service5 ac
Not recorded34 ac
State Resource Management Area · 225 acLocal Park · 86 acLocal Other or Unknown · 66 acNot Designated · 34 acState Park · 6 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 5 acres are conservation easements, usually private land. Public access isn’t recorded for 2 of 16 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
State Department of Land State Resource Management Area
State Resource Management Area
State Department of Land225Open
County Land Local Other or Unknown
Local Other or Unknown
County66Unknown
Unknown Not Designated
Not Designated
Not recorded34Unknown
Kalama Park
Local Park
Other state land27Open
Kihei Regional Park
Local Park
County23Open
Waipuilani Park
Local Park
County12Open
Kaluaihakoko Beach
Local Park
Joint9Open
Mai Poina Beach Park
Local Park
Other state land6Open
Kamaole Beach Park Ii
State Park
Other state land5Open
Unknown Park
Local Recreation Area
County4Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

15 places to go in Kihei

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Beaches in Kihei
Kalepolepo Beach Park
Directions
Kamaole I BeachIn Kamaole Beach Park
Directions
Kamaole II Beach
Directions
Mai Poina Beach Park
Directions
Sugar Beach
Directions

Plus 8 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

1 named trail

Named trails
Unpaved · 2.8 mi
Keālia Coastal Boardwalk0.2 mi
Biking & sports

9.1 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

6.1 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
2.9 mi
off-road bike paths
0.1 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Courts & fields
21Tennis
3Baseball
3Basketball
3Beach volleyball
1Skate park
1Soccer
1Multi-sport

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

1 place on the National Register

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 2 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
Kalepolepo FishpondSite · listed 1996
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Kihei: 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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)11.011.412.012.613.113.413.312.812.211.611.110.9
High (°F)686869707173757675747270
Rain (in)3.02.73.61.41.50.80.91.51.41.81.82.6

June is the driest month (0.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 76 °F). 3.6 inches fall in March, the wettest month. The climate in Kihei →

Next door

Kihei and its neighbors

Kihei has the most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

Kihei14 miMaalaea3.0 miWailea2.6 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Kihei6%1.5596%A−
Maalaea— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Wailea2%0.3769%B−

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Kihei

Where can I hike in Kihei?

The longest trail networks: Kalama Park, 0.4 miles; South Maui Community Park, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Kihei is conserved land?

6% 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 Kihei’s trails?

Kalama Park and South Maui Community Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Kihei?

9.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 6.1 of painted or protected lanes, 2.9 of off-road paths and 0.1 of shoulders and shared lanes.

Is there public land near Kihei?

17,704 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kihei or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 265 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Kihei have?

Ahead of 75% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #34 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 Kihei neighbors.

Town Square →
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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 →