Punaluu, Hawaii

About Punaluu

Punaluu is a small unincorporated community in northern Hawaii.

Punaluu holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.6 square miles.

📰 Punaluu News Today

• People drive hours in search of Punaluu Bake Shop, Hawaii's most remote bakery SFGATE · Jul 24
• Lease extended to keep Punaluu Black Sand Beach Park open Hawaii News Now · Jun 20
• Punaluu Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
• Hundreds Of Hawaii Island Residents Protest Proposed Housing Project In Punaluu Honolulu Civil Beat · Mar 13
• Lala leaves Naalehu businesses wrecked, homes flooded KHON2 · Aug 17

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Punaluu Unique

• The only place in America named Punaluu — 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 northern Hawaii, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Punaluu

• Hauula Forest Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Punaluu

🏘️ Nearby Communities