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Outdoors in Lahaina

46% of Lahaina’s land is conserved: 2,264 acres

12 miles of mapped trail cross Lahaina, 1.5 per square mile of land. 89% of residents live within a half mile of a park. 92 acres are parks and preserves, 9.1 per 1,000 residents.

Ahead of 89% of U.S. towns · #9 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it

Conserved land
46%
2,264 acres · of 7.8 sq mi of land
Trails
12 mi
1.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
92 ac
9.1 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
89%
of residents within ½ mile
Highest peak
2,559 ft
Paʻupaʻu
Lakes & rivers
2
4 beaches · 1 boat launch

What kind of outdoors town is Lahaina?

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

Land that stays wild46% of the land is conserved; a typical Hawaii town, 14%.A trail town1.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, more than 89% of U.S. towns.Parks close to home89% of residents live within a half mile of a park.History along the way6 places on the National Register.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Lahaina have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Lahaina is ahead of 89% of U.S. towns, #9 of 93 in Hawaii. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.

A
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Lahaina’s overall grade.
Conserved land46% of the land · typical HI town 14% · U.S. 4%A+Trails1.5 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (12 mi) · HI 0.5 · U.S. 0.4APark land9.1 acres of park per 1,000 residents (92 acres) · HI 4 · U.S. 13C+Parks close to home89% of residents within a half mile of a park · HI 83% · U.S. 72%B+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Ahead of 89%
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Hawaii towns of 2,500+ (93)Ahead of 91%

Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Lahaina’s 46% is ahead of 92% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 86% of them.

Water is 16% of Lahaina’s area (2 of 9 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 38%.

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.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

West Maui Natural Area Reserve

Nature preserve
361 acres
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet

Malu Ulu Olele Park

Park
9 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Hanakao'o Beach Park

Park
3 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot

Wahikuli Park

Park
2 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
All 5 parks & preserves
West Maui Natural Area Reserve361 acres
Malu Ulu Olele Park9 acres
Directions
Hanakao'o Beach Park3 acres
Directions
Wahikuli Park2 acres
Directions
Lahaina Banyan Court2 acres
Directions
Who protects it

2,264 conserved acres

46% of Lahaina’s land. Water is left out: Lahaina has 7.8 square miles of land and 1.5 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Lahaina’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State Department of Land1,787 ac
State natural resources319 ac
County140 ac
Private owners59 ac
Other state land4 ac
State Resource Management Area · 1,787 acState Conservation Area · 319 acLocal Park · 80 acWatershed Protection Area · 59 acLocal Other or Unknown · 58 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 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 Land1,787Open
West Maui Natural Area Reserve (pana'ewa Section)
State Conservation Area
State natural resources319Restricted
Private Landowner Watershed Protection Area
Watershed Protection Area
Private owners59Closed
County Land Local Other or Unknown
Local Other or Unknown
County58Unknown
Lahaina Recreation Center Park
Local Park
County28Open
Kelawea Mauka Iii Park
Local Park
County17Open
Hanakao'O Park
Local Park
County16Open
Malu Ulu O Lele Park
Local Park
County7Open
Puunoa Point
Local Park
County5Open
Lahaina Aquatic Center & West Maui Skate Park
Local Park
County4Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

12 places to go in Lahaina

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

Peaks in Lahaina
Paʻupaʻu2,559 ft elevation · In West Maui Natural Area Reserve
Directions
Puʻulaina627 ft elevation
Directions
Trails & water

2 lakes & rivers

Lakes & rivers tap for directions
Crater ReservoirreservoirWahikuli Reservoirreservoir
Biking & sports

0.0 miles of bike routes

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

Courts & fields
15Tennis
6Baseball
5Pickleball
3Basketball
1Skate park

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

History along the way

6 places 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 4 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
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Lahaina Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · District · listed 1966
About it
Hale Pa'iBuilding · listed 1976
About it
Wo Hing Society BuildingBuilding · listed 1982
About it
King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential ComplexSite · listed 1997
About it
William K. Kaluakini HouseBuilding · listed 2013
About it
The Bookkeeper's House, Pioneer Mill-Lahaina Ice Co.Building · listed 2025
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Lahaina: 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)777778798183848585838078
Rain (in)3.42.13.71.71.20.60.80.91.21.92.63.2

June is the driest month (0.6 in) and August the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 3.7 inches fall in March, the wettest month. The climate in Lahaina →

Next door

Lahaina and its neighbors

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

Kaanapali28 miLahaina12 miLauniupoko3.1 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Lahaina46%1.5989%A
Launiupoko— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Kaanapali10%5.538%B−

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

Questions about parks and trails in Lahaina

How much of Lahaina is conserved land?

46% 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 Lahaina’s trails?

West Maui Natural Area Reserve and Malu Ulu Olele Park don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Lahaina?

12,675 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Lahaina or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,857 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Lahaina have?

Ahead of 89% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #9 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 Lahaina 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 →