Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Pahoa

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Attractions near Pahoa

Worth the trip from Pahoa: Kīlauea, 23 mi off

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park welcomes about 1.9M visitors a year. There is no place to visit inside Pahoa; there are 13 within 40 miles. Look for 5 gardens, 2 museums and a mountain. The best-known trip out is to Mauna Kea, 41 mi away.

Attractions nearby
19
within 60 miles
The big one
41 mi
Mauna Kea
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Big draws
3
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Mountain · 41 mi northwest

Mauna Kea

Hawaiian volcano.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Where to find them

Most of the 13 out of town lie to the northwest.

1234567891011121314

Orange: Pahoa. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

Every place, in and near Pahoa

Nothing is inside Pahoa itself; these 19 are within 60 miles.

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Pahoa →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mauna Kea: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mauna Loa: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kīlauea: Hawaii Land Cover Analysis project, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Public domain · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park: Jos-uit-boston at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kama‘ehuakanaloa Seamount: John Smith and Brooks Bays, Public domain · Punalu'u Beach: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Papakolea Beach: Pushkr from , United States, CC BY 2.0 · Akaka Falls State Park: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0 · Rainbow Falls: Kyle Hawton, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kazumura Cave: Dave Bunnell / Under Earth Images, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden: Joey Gannon, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Liliuokalani Park and Gardens: AlaskaDave, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii: Yoshi Canopus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pacific Tsunami Museum: Hermann Luyken, CC0 · World Botanical Gardens: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hilo Tropical Gardens: Shamli071, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kalopa State Recreation Area: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 · University of Hawaii at Hilo Botanical Gardens: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.
Share a tip in Pahoa’s Town Square