Waimea, Hawaii

About Waimea

Set in the northwestern part of Hawaii, Waimea is a small unincorporated community.

Waimea holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.85 square miles.

📰 Waimea News Today

• Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii Island with damaging winds, flooding rain Hawaii News Now · Aug 16
• Lala sends drenching rain, winds across the Hawaiian islands Spectrum News · Aug 16
• Photos: See the impacts of Hurricane Lala across Hawaiʻi Hawaii Public Radio · Aug 15
• Waimea Valley on Oahu unveils fall programming Travel Weekly · Aug 16
• Waimea, Hawaii County Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Waimea 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 northwestern 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.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Waimea

• Aloha — coffee shop (café)
• Chicken in a Barrel BBQ
• Island Taco — mexican
• Porky's
• Wrangler Steakhouse — fish and chips

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Cook Landing Site · Attraction
• Red Sand Falls · Attraction
• Russian Fort · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Waimea

• Lucy Wright Park reviews ★
• Puʻu Ka Pele Forest Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Boys and Girls Club reviews ★
• Hapokele Park reviews ★
• Hofgaard Park reviews ★
• Russian Fort Elizabeth State Historical Park reviews ★
• Waimea Athletic Field reviews ★
• Waimea Canyon State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Waimea Landing reviews ★

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Waimea

🏘️ Nearby Communities