Photo: The original uploader was Tijuana Brass at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0More than half of Waimanalo’s land is conserved: 63%
63% of Waimanalo’s land is conserved, about 1,726 acres. 6.2 miles of mapped trail cross Waimanalo, 1.4 per square mile of land. 44 acres are parks and preserves, 7.3 per 1,000 residents.
Ahead of 78% of U.S. towns · #25 of 93 in Hawaii. What drives it
What kind of outdoors town is Waimanalo?
Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.
How much outdoors does Waimanalo have?
On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Waimanalo is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns, #25 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 Waimanalo’s 63% is ahead of 98% of Hawaii towns, while its trails per square mile lead 83% of them.
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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1,726 conserved acres
63% of Waimanalo’s land. Who manages Waimanalo’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 5 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 | 1,706 | Open |
| Waimanalo District Park Local Park | Other state land | 25 | Open |
| Mount Olomanastate Monument State Historic or Cultural Area | State parks | 18 | Open |
| County Land Local Other or Unknown Local Other or Unknown | County | 2 | Unknown |
3 places to go in Waimanalo
Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.
3 playgrounds without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.
1 named trail
0.5 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 Waimanalo: 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) | 78 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 84 | 82 | 79 |
| Rain (in) | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
June is the driest month (1.3 in) and September the warmest (highs of 85 °F). 5.5 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Waimanalo →
Waimanalo and its neighbors
Waimanalo has the second most mapped trails of the 3 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.
| Town | Conserved of land | Trail mi per sq mi | Park acres per 1,000 | Near a park ½ mile | Outdoors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waimanalo | 63% | 1.4 | 7 | 57% | A− |
| Waimanalo Beach | 52% | 0.7 | 8 | 99% | A |
| Kailua | 13% | 1.3 | 4 | 88% | A− |
The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.
Questions about parks and trails in Waimanalo
How much of Waimanalo is conserved land?
63% 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 Waimanalo?
0.5 miles of bike routes are on the map: 0.5 of shoulders and shared lanes.
Is there public land near Waimanalo?
16,576 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Waimanalo or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,730 of them inside the town line.
How much outdoors does Waimanalo have?
Ahead of 78% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #25 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 Waimanalo 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 →