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Outdoors in Naalehu

Few parks or trails are on the map in Naalehu

28% of Naalehu’s land is conserved, about 375 acres. 6 acres are parks and preserves, 6.6 per 1,000 residents. 1.1 miles of mapped trail cross Naalehu, 0.5 per square mile of land.

Conserved land
28%
375 acres · of 2.2 sq mi of land
Trails
1.1 mi
0.5 per sq mi of land
Park land
6 ac
6.6 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
82%
of residents within ½ mile
The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

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

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Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Naalehu Park

Managed by County of Hawaii
6 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lot
Who protects it

375 conserved acres

28% of Naalehu’s land. Who manages Naalehu’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State Department of Land362 ac
County13 ac
State Resource Management Area · 362 acLocal Other or Unknown · 13 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. Public access isn’t recorded for 1 of 2 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 Land362Open
County Land Local Other or Unknown
Local Other or Unknown
County13Unknown
Things to do

3 places to go in Naalehu

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

Playgrounds in Naalehu

3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

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
2Baseball
1Basketball
1Tennis
1Equestrian

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

When to get out

The best walking months in Naalehu: 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)11.111.512.012.613.013.313.212.812.211.711.211.0
High (°F)798080808283848584848281
Rain (in)3.53.94.01.91.40.81.92.92.84.14.04.0

June is the driest month (0.8 in) and August the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 4.1 inches fall in October, the wettest month. The climate in Naalehu →

Next door

Naalehu and its neighbors

Naalehu has the most mapped trails of the 2 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

TownConserved
of land
Trail mi
per sq mi
Park acres
per 1,000
Near a park
½ mile
Outdoors
Naalehu— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Waiohinu— not graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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

Questions about parks and trails in Naalehu

Are dogs allowed on Naalehu’s trails?

Naalehu Park doesn’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Is there public land near Naalehu?

38,228 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Naalehu or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 366 of them inside the town line.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Naalehu 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 →