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Nanawale Estates Hawaii Map

Explore Nanawale Estates, 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 Nanawale Estates, Hawaii

How to Use This Nanawale Estates, Hawaii Map

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

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.

CityNanawale Estates
StateHawaii (HI)
CountyHawaii County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneHawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu)
Latitude19.5035
Longitude-154.9104
Population1,652
Density251.7 /km²
IncorporatedN/A
ZIP Code96778
Area Code808
County SeatHilo
School DistrictHawaii Department of Education

About Nanawale Estates, Hawaii

Nanawale Estates is a locality in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,652. The population density is 251.7 people per km². Nanawale Estates is located at 19.5035°N, 154.9104°W. It observes the Hawaii Standard Time — no DST (Pacific/Honolulu) timezone. ZIP code: 96778.

Nanawale Estates emerges from a landscape defined by the porous, darkened skin of ancient basalt, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and salt-thickened trade winds. It lies 7.4 miles south-southeast of Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI (from Hawaiian Paradise Park, HI: bearing 147°T), and is situated 5.6 miles east-southeast of Ainaloa. The terrain, a mosaic of jagged volcanic rock and resilient tropical scrub, stretches toward the horizon where the blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean waits four miles to the east. Only a mile away, the Nanawale Forest Reserve acts as a verdant, tangled guardian, its dense canopy offering a cool respite from the relentless, golden glare that defines the midday light. Far to the west, the distant, hazy silhouettes of the Kamakaiʻa Hills anchor the periphery of the view, while the occasional cry of a seabird serves as a lingering reminder of the island’s isolation and the vast, shifting tides beyond.

Nanawale Estates occupies a corner of the world where the pulse of commerce has long since quieted, leaving behind the hushed remnants of agricultural ambition and a slow, deliberate pace of existence. The memory of labor—of fields once organized for harvest—persists in the way the vegetation reclaims the grid of roads, slowly folding the human footprint back into the wild. Residents here exist in a quiet dialogue with the land, often seeking the solitude of the Puna Forest Hunters Trail for their wanderings or observing the distant, rugged form of ʻOpihi Rock rising from the sea. Life in Nanawale Estates remains untethered to the frenetic pace of urban centers, favoring instead the simple, steady rhythm of a place where the primary kuleana is to remain present amidst the slow, inevitable transformation of the earth.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Nanawale Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 0.9 mi, 221° SW
  • Malama-ki Forest Reserve (State Conservation Area) — 3.1 mi, 165° S
  • Hawaiian Beaches Park (Local Park) — 3.1 mi, 009° N
  • Nanawale Park (Local Park) — 4.0 mi, 033° NE
  • Wao Kele o Puna (Local Recreation) — 5.3 mi, 245° SW
  • Mackenzie State Recreation Area (State Park) — 5.3 mi, 147° SE
  • Lava arch (Attraction) — 5.4 mi, 144° SE
  • Wai'opae Tidepools Marine Life Conservation District (Marine Protected Area) — 6.0 mi, 102° E
  • Papa John Lacho Coltes (Monument) — 8.9 mi, 339° N
  • Hilo Coffee Mill (Attraction) — 12.3 mi, 290° W
  • Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (National Park) — 13.6 mi, 212° SW · 379k acres
  • Lava2 (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 220° SW
  • Lava1 (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 220° SW
  • Panaewa Rainforest Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 14.9 mi, 314° NW
  • Regal Prince Kuhio Stadium 9 (Cinema) — 16.7 mi, 323° NW
  • Ken Yamase Memorial Stadium (Stadium) — 17.2 mi, 322° NW
  • Hawaii Volcanoes Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 17.3 mi, 241° SW · 133k acres
  • Unknown Park (State Park) — 17.4 mi, 320° NW
  • Nāpau Crater Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.9 mi, 240° SW
  • Hilo Coast Railway Flag Pole Base (Historic Ruins) — 18.2 mi, 326° NW
  • Tsunami Clock Memorial (Monument) — 18.3 mi, 326° NW
  • King Kamehameha Statue (Monument) — 18.4 mi, 324° NW
  • 2400 Degrees Farienheit Glass Gallery & Studio (Gallery) — 18.4 mi, 259° W
  • Dreams of Paradise (Gallery) — 19.0 mi, 323° NW
  • Extreme Exposure (Gallery) — 19.1 mi, 323° NW
  • East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 323° NW
  • Mokupāpapa Discovery Center (Aquarium) — 19.2 mi, 323° NW
  • Kenyan K. Beale Community Robotics Center (Museum) — 19.2 mi, 323° NW
  • Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 27.4 mi, 312° NW · 97k acres
  • Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 27.4 mi, 312° NW · 20k acres

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About This Nanawale Estates Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Nanawale Estates, Hawaii. Coordinates: 19.5035, -154.9104. 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 Nanawale Estates includes the ZIP code (96778), telephone area code (808), county seat of Hawaii County (Hilo), 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.