Hauula Hawaii Map

About Hauula, Hawaii

Hauula is a locality in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,018. The population density is 1339.7 people per km². Hauula is located at 21.6111°N, 157.9118°W. It observes the Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu) timezone. ZIP code: 96717.

Hauula remains defined by the persistent, silver ribbon of Maakua Stream as it carves a path from the heights toward the Pacific Ocean. It lies 9.2 miles north-northeast of Mililani Mauka, HI (from Mililani Mauka, HI: bearing 14°T), and is situated 2.5 miles south-southeast of Laie. The landscape here is one of abrupt transitions, where the verdant, rugged verticality of the Koolau Range looms twelve miles distant, casting long, softening shadows across the narrow coastal plain. Hanaimoa Gulch cleaves the earth with a quiet intensity, marking the terrain with deep, shadowed creases that hold the morning mist long after the sun has climbed high. The air carries a heavy, salt-sweet moisture, and the light at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the shoreline into a study of violet and charcoal. Even the distant, jagged silhouette of Kukuihoʻolua island serves as a silent sentinel, anchoring the horizon against the vast, rhythmic pulse of the tides that constantly reshape the beach.

Hauula maintains a quiet, deliberate pace of life that honors a long legacy of stewardship within the State Department of Land State Resource Management Area. The local economy has shifted away from the expansive, labor-intensive agriculture of the past, though the memory of taro lo'i and the quiet industry of the land still informs the character of those who remain. Visitors often pass through on their way to the Sacred Falls Trail, drawn by the pull of the distant Sacred Falls, yet the true essence of the place is found in the everyday kuleana of its residents. The proximity to the Kahuku Forest Reserve ensures that the periphery of the neighborhood is always encroaching with wild, unmanaged green, while the four-mile distance to Wai‘āpuka provides a hidden, inland anchor for the local hydrology. Life in Hauula is measured not by the transit of outsiders, but by the steady, enduring connection between the people and the complex, volcanic soil they inhabit.

About This Hauula Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hauula, Hawaii. Coordinates: 21.6111, -157.9118. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Hauula includes the ZIP code (96717), telephone area code (808), county seat of Honolulu County (Honolulu), and school district assignment (Hawaii Department of Education).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.