Explore Mokuleia, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mokuleia, 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 Mokuleia.
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 | Mokuleia |
| State | Hawaii (HI) |
| County | Honolulu County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu) |
| Latitude | 21.579444 |
| Longitude | -158.171765 |
| Population | 1,816 |
| Density | 259.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 96791 |
| Area Code | 808 |
| County Seat | Honolulu |
| School District | Hawaii Department of Education |
Mokuleia unfolds as a narrow, sun-drenched corridor where the relentless Pacific Ocean meets a low-lying coastal plain, its edge defined by the saline air and the shifting grains of the Shoreline. It lies 8.2 miles north-northeast of Makaha, HI (from Makaha, HI: bearing 27°T), and is situated 9.8 miles northwest of Wahiawa. Beyond the immediate reach of the tides, the land flattens into an open expanse that tilts gradually toward the distant silhouette of the Waianae Range, which anchors the southern horizon in a jagged, bruised-purple line. The atmosphere here carries a persistent, cooling trade wind that rustles through the salt-tolerant vegetation, while the Makaleha Stream carves a quiet, intermittent path through the earth toward the sea. Inland, the terrain rises toward the verdant, sheltered heights of the Mokulēʻia Forest Reserve and the high, quiet meadows of Peacock Flat, creating a landscape that feels both exposed to the vastness of the water and held by the gravity of the slopes.
Mokuleia retains a quiet, agrarian character that honors its legacy of sugarcane and pineapple cultivation, a history still visible in the lingering open fields that stretch toward the Kawaihāpai Reservoir. While the economy has shifted from the intensive plantation labor of previous generations to a more measured pace of life, the deep sense of kuleana—the responsibility to care for this particular stretch of earth—remains a quiet constant among those who cultivate small plots or tend to the local flora. Visitors seeking the rugged interior often set out on the Mokuleia Trail, following routes that lead into the wilder, upper reaches of the island, far from the coastal pulse. On clear days, the silhouette of Wānanapaoa Island marks the horizon like a dark ember, reminding observers of the vast, maritime heritage of the region, while the distant, thundering presence of Waimea Falls remains a hidden, inland secret for those who traverse the outer boundaries of this landscape.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mokuleia, Hawaii. Coordinates: 21.579444, -158.171765. 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 Mokuleia includes the ZIP code (96791), telephone area code (808), county seat of Honolulu County (Honolulu), and school district assignment (Hawaii Department of Education).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |