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Lawai Hawaii Map

Explore Lawai, 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 Lawai, Hawaii

How to Use This Lawai, Hawaii Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lawai, 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 Lawai.

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

Latitude	21.920117
Longitude	-159.500957
Population	2,578
Density	245.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	96741, 96765
Area Code	808
County Seat	Līhuʻe
School District	Hawaii Department of Education

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About Lawai, Hawaii

Lawai is a locality in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,578. The population density is 245.4 people per km². Lawai is located at 21.9201°N, 159.5010°W. It observes the Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu) timezone. ZIP codes: 96741, 96765.

Lawai occupies a verdant basin where the cool, rhythmic pulse of the Lāwaʻi Stream carves a path through the earth toward the distant Pacific Ocean. It lies 16.5 miles southwest of Kapaa, HI (from Kapaa, HI: bearing 225°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west-southwest of Lihue. Hanini Reservoir holds the stillness of the morning, its surface reflecting the heavy, humid clouds that gather before drifting toward the distant, jagged silhouette of Ka Lae o Kahonu. The land here possesses a raw, volcanic texture, tempered by the persistent trade winds that carry the scent of damp soil and blooming plumeria across the landscape. Three miles toward the coast, the sharp outline of Kalanipuao Rock breaks the horizon, marking the boundary where the island’s firmament yields to the salt-heavy air of the deep water.

Lawai serves as a quiet custodian of a landscape once defined by the labor of sugarcane and pineapple, a heritage still visible in the orderly sprawl of fields that give way to the wilder, protected growth of the State Department of Land State Resource Management Area. The economy has shifted from the broad-scale agriculture of the past to a more fragmented, localized rhythm, where the management of natural resources and the stewardship of the watershed define the daily kuleana of those who reside here. Beyond the immediate reach of the valley, the sudden, vertical drop of Waiolue Falls provides a constant, distant murmur of moving water, an echo of the hidden vitality that fuels the growth in Kalāheo Gulch. Life in Lawai persists with an unforced focus, moving in alignment with the seasons and the slow, deliberate work of maintaining the land against the encroaching thickets of the tropics.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lihu'e-koloa Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 349° N
Omao Park (Local Park) — 1.0 mi, 083° E
Soccer Field (Local Recreation) — 1.3 mi, 218° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 2.5 mi, 115° SE
Spouting Horn (Attraction) — 2.5 mi, 169° S
The Village Marketplace (Attraction) — 2.6 mi, 114° SE
Tree Tunnel (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 047° NE
The Shops at Kukui’ulu (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 142° SE
Hanapepe Valley Lookout (Viewpoint) — 4.0 mi, 270° W
Afeinberg Photography (Gallery) — 4.9 mi, 128° SE
Lilo & Stitch (Public Artwork) — 5.6 mi, 264° W
Hanapepe Stadium Park (Local Recreation) — 5.9 mi, 261° W
Huleia National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 6.8 mi, 077° E · 480 acres
Grove Farm Homestead Plantation Museum (Museum) — 9.1 mi, 069° E
Kauai Museum (Museum) — 9.3 mi, 066° NE
Statue of Dr. Jose Rizal y Mercado (Monument) — 9.4 mi, 066° NE
Wailua River State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 046° NE
Halele'a Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 10.6 mi, 002° N
Captain James Cook, R.N. (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 283° W
Waimea Canyon State Park (State Park) — 13.1 mi, 309° NW
Screen (Cinema) — 17.8 mi, 288° W
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 18.6 mi, 006° N · 1,838 acres
Waioli Mission House Museum (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 360° N
Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary (Marine Protected Area) — 19.5 mi, 359° N
Afeinberg Gallery + Fafo Jewelry (Gallery) — 19.6 mi, 001° N
Merchant Marine (Monument) — 19.6 mi, 294° NW
Heiau (Historic Ruins) — 21.4 mi, 345° N

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