Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Few parks or trails are on the map in Nanakuli
17% of Nanakuli’s land is conserved, about 314 acres. 42 acres are parks and preserves, 3.4 per 1,000 residents. 81% of residents live within a half mile of a park.
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns · #62 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Nanakuli?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Nanakuli have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Nanakuli is ahead of 52% of U.S. towns, #62 of 93 in Hawaii. Conserved land holds the grade up; park acres per resident pull it down.
Hawaii towns conserve more land than most (a typical one, 14%; the U.S., 4%), so Nanakuli’s 17% is ahead of 59% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 13% of them.
Water is more than half of Nanakuli’s area (4 of 7 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 8%.
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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314 conserved acres
17% of Nanakuli’s land. Water is left out: Nanakuli has 3.0 square miles of land and 3.6 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Nanakuli’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 | 287 | Open |
| Ulehawa Beach Park Local Park | Joint | 47 | Open |
| Shoreline Local Park | County | 15 | Open |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 12 | Unknown |
7 places to go in Nanakuli
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
Plus 2 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
1 named trail
2.1 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 Nanakuli: 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 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| High (°F) | 79 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 82 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 85 | 82 | 80 |
| Rain (in) | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 |
July is the driest month (0.5 in) and August the warmest (highs of 86 °F). 3.2 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Nanakuli →
Questions about parks and trails in Nanakuli
How much of Nanakuli is conserved land?
17% 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.
Where can I bike in Nanakuli?
2.1 miles of bike routes are on the map: 2.1 of off-road paths.
Is there public land near Nanakuli?
12,837 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Nanakuli or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 273 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Nanakuli have?
Ahead of 52% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #62 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 Nanakuli 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 →