Holy Ghost Catholic Church · Photo: Joel Bradshaw · Public domain28% of Kula’s land is conserved: 6,232 acres
9% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 18 acres are parks and preserves, 2.6 per 1,000 residents. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Kula, 0.5 per square mile of land.
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns · #68 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Kula?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Kula have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Kula is ahead of 45% of U.S. towns, #68 of 93 in Hawaii. Conserved land holds the grade up; the share of residents near a park pulls it down.
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Kula’s 28% is ahead of 77% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 49% of them.
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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Pick a walk
Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.
6,232 conserved acres
28% of Kula’s land. Who manages Kula’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 5 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Landowner Watershed Protection Area Watershed Protection Area | Private owners | 5,288 | Closed |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 473 | Unknown |
| Kula Forest Reserve State Conservation Area | State natural resources | 307 | Restricted |
| State Department of Land State Resource Management Area State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 162 | Open |
| Harold W Rice Memorial Park Local Park | County | 5 | Open |
2 places to go in Kula
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
2 named trails
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
The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service).
The best walking months in Kula: 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 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| High (°F) | 68 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 70 |
| Rain (in) | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
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 Kula →
Kula and its neighbors
Kula has the most mapped trails of the 4 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
Questions about parks and trails in Kula
How much of Kula is conserved land?
28% 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 Kula’s trails?
Harold W. Rice Memorial Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.
Is there public land near Kula?
22,908 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Kula or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 181 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Kula have?
Ahead of 45% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #68 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 Kula 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 →