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Kawela Bay Hawaii Map

Explore Kawela Bay, Hawaii, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Kawela Bay, Hawaii

How to Use This Kawela Bay, Hawaii Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kawela Bay, Hawaii. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Hawaii or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Kawela Bay.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Kawela Bay
State	Hawaii (HI)
County	Honolulu County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu)

Latitude	21.70213
Longitude	-157.99574
Population	325
Density	216.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	96731
Area Code	808
County Seat	Honolulu
School District	Hawaii Department of Education

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About Kawela Bay, Hawaii

Kawela Bay is a locality in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. It is a small community with a population of 325. The population density is 216.0 people per km². Kawela Bay is located at 21.7021°N, 157.9957°W. It observes the Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu) timezone. ZIP code: 96731.

Kawela Bay unfolds as a crescent of pale sand where the pulse of the Pacific Ocean meets the quiet, salt-crusted edge of the land. It lies 14.4 miles north of Wahiawa, HI (from Wahiawa, HI: bearing 9°T), and is situated 5.9 miles northwest of Laie. The atmosphere here carries a heavy, humid sweetness, smelling of brine and the thick, waxy petals of plumeria that bloom in the shade of ironwood trees. Beyond the immediate reach of the Shoreline, the terrain rises toward the distant, jagged silhouette of the Waianae Range, a hazy purple smudge against the afternoon sky. Inland, the landscape shifts into the deeper shadows of the Pūpūkea Paumalū Forest Reserve, while the nearby drainage of Kawela Stream carves a path through the earth toward the sea, eventually passing the quiet, sunken basin of ʻŌʻio Gulch and the still waters of Punamanō.

History clings to the soil of Kawela Bay, reaching back to the foundations of Polynesian voyaging and the careful, ancestral stewardship of the coast. The local economy, once defined by the rhythmic labor of sugarcane and pineapple fields, has softened into a slower pace where the memory of those plantations informs the current, measured character of the inhabitants. Out past the breaking surf, the low profile of Papaʻamoi Island guards the horizon, a silent sentinel that has watched the tides shift for generations. While the more demanding climb of the Kawailoa Trail or the distant, thundering spill of Waimea Falls draw the adventurous to other corners of the island, Kawela Bay remains a place of deliberate stillness, where the kuleana of the land is measured in the simple, daily act of watching the water.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Shoreline (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 289° W
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 0.2 mi, 278° W
Swing rope (Attraction) — 0.6 mi, 249° W
Pillbox (Historic Ruins) — 0.9 mi, 263° W
Shane Franchek Memorial (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 079° E
Banyan Tree (Attraction) — 0.9 mi, 244° SW
Kawela Bay Beach Park (future) (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 245° SW
James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 1.4 mi, 106° E · 2,138 acres
Waialee Beach Park (undeveloped) (Local Recreation) — 1.6 mi, 248° W
Backyards Beach (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 241° SW
Pupukea-paumalu Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.4 mi, 198° S
Kahuku Golf Course (Local Recreation) — 3.4 mi, 113° SE
CLIMB Works Keana Farms (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 123° SE
Rocky rights surf (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 235° SW
Malaekahana State Recreation Area (State Park) — 4.1 mi, 120° SE
Pupukea Marine Life Conservation District (Marine Protected Area) — 5.4 mi, 233° SW
La'ie Social Hall (Monument) — 5.6 mi, 130° SE
David O Mckay Auditorium (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 133° SE
Little Theater (Theatre) — 6.2 mi, 133° SE
Pavillion (Public Artwork) — 6.2 mi, 134° SE
Sacred Falls State Park (State Park) — 9.2 mi, 146° SE
HMH-463 Memorial (Monument) — 9.9 mi, 226° SW
Tabora Gallery (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 221° SW
Kai Ku Hale (Gallery) — 10.4 mi, 222° SW
Wyland Galleries (Gallery) — 10.6 mi, 221° SW
North Shore Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 12.1 mi, 223° SW
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 13.5 mi, 172° S · 6,755 acres
Oahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 14.6 mi, 168° S · 9,188 acres
Consolidated Mililani (Cinema) — 17.3 mi, 182° S
Hawaii's Plantation Village (Museum) — 21.9 mi, 183° S

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