Kilauea, Hawaii

About Kilauea

Kilauea, HI is a small unincorporated community located in northwestern Hawaii.

Kilauea holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 4.97 square miles.

📰 Kilauea News Today

• What happens when Hurricane Lala collides with Hawaii’s massive volcanoes? FOX Weather · Aug 15
• Who would win? Hurricane vs. Kilauea Volcano CNN · Aug 14
• Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii erupts CBS News · Aug 13
• Kilauea episode 53 ends after 9.6 hours of continuous lava KITV · Aug 13
• Kilauea volcano LIVE: Eruption in Hawaii The Lufkin Daily News · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Kilauea Unique

• The only place in America named Kilauea — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Island living in the Pacific — year-round tropical climate.
• Positioned in northwestern Hawaii, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Kilauea

• Ally’s Cocina — venezuelan
• Common Ground Kaua'i
• KaiBar Coffee Roasters — coffee shop
• Kilauea Market + Café (café)
• Kilauea Bakery & Pau Hana Pizza
• Kilauea Fish Market — regional
• Sushi Girl — sushi
• The Bistro
• Trilogy (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Garden Island Chocolate · Attraction
• Hawaiian Organic Noni · Attraction
• Pools of Mokolea · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Kilauea

• Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Kilauea

• Kilauea Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Kilauea

🏘️ Nearby Communities