Volcano, Hawaii

About Volcano

Volcano, HI is a small unincorporated community located in southeastern Hawaii.

Volcano holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 26.69 square miles.

📰 Volcano News Today

• What you need to know about Hurricane Lala recovery: 27,700 Big Island customers still without power Big Island Now · Aug 18
• 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
• Cleanup begins in Hawaii after intense rain and flooding from Hurricane Lala PBS · Aug 17
• Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii erupts cbsnews.com · Aug 13

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Volcano Unique

• 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 southeastern Hawaii, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Mauna Loa Lookout · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Volcano

• Puʻu Makaʻala Natural Area Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Keahou Cooperative Nene Sanctuary · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Olaʻa-Kilauea Watershed Partnership · Nature reserve reviews ★
• ʻOlaʻa Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

🏫 Schools in Volcano

• Volcano School of Arts & Sciences - A Community PCS

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Volcano

🏘️ Nearby Communities