Few parks or trails are on the map in Papaikou
1.4 miles of mapped trail cross Papaikou, 1.0 per square mile of land. 3% of Papaikou’s land is conserved, about 28 acres.
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Papaikou?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Papaikou have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Papaikou is ahead of 25% of U.S. towns. Trail miles hold 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 Papaikou’s 3% is ahead of 19% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 67% of them.
Water is 33% of Papaikou’s area (1 of 2 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 2%.
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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28 conserved acres
3% of Papaikou’s land. Water is left out: Papaikou has 1.5 square miles of land and 0.7 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Papaikou’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 2 parcels. The walks above are places people visit.
| Parcel (PAD-US) | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 15 | Unknown |
| State Department of Land State Resource Management Area State Resource Management Area | State Department of Land | 13 | Open |
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.
The best walking months in Papaikou: April to July
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) | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| High (°F) | 79 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 79 |
| Rain (in) | 7.9 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 14.4 | 12.1 |
May is the driest month (7.0 in) and September the warmest (highs of 83 °F). 14.4 inches fall in November, the wettest month. The climate in Papaikou →
Questions about parks and trails in Papaikou
How much of Papaikou is conserved land?
3% 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.
Is there public land near Papaikou?
9,913 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Papaikou or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 14 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Papaikou have?
Ahead of 25% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade. 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 Papaikou 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 →