Oahu Trails. Kathy Morey

Trips

       1 Hauula Loop

       2 Maakua Ridge Loop

       3 Ahupuaa o Kahana State Park— Kapaeleele Loop Trail

       4 Ahupuaa o Kahana State Park— Kahana Valley Na Koa Trail

       5 Hoomaluhia Botanical Garden

       6 Kailua Beach Stroll

       7 Keolu Hills

       8 Makapuu State Wayside

       9 Koko Crater Botanical Garden

       10 Waahila Ridge

       11 Puu Pia

       12 Lyon Arboretum—Inspiration Point

       13 Lyon Arboretum—Cascade

       14 Manoa Falls

       15 Aihualama Trail

       16 Kanealole Trail

       17 Maunalaha Trail

       18 Makiki Valley Loop

       19 Manoa Cliffs

       20 Makiki-Manoa Cliffs Adventure

       21 Ualakaa Loop

       22 Puu Ohia Trail to Nuuanu Valley View

       23 Puu Ohia-Nuuanu Trails

       24 Judd Memorial Trail (“Jackass Ginger Pool”)

       25 Judd-Nuuanu Semiloop

       26 Old Pali Highway

       27 Maunawili Trail

       28 Maunawili Falls

       29 Maunawili Ditch Trail

       30 Diamond Head

       31 Ala Wai Canal Stroll

       32 Rabbit Kekai’s Waikiki Beach Stroll

       33 Foster Botanical Gardens

       34 Aiea Loop (Keaiwa Heiau State Park)

       35 Upper-Lower Waimano Loop

       36 Upper Waimano Adventure

       37 Kuaokala Loop

       38 Kaena Point from the Waianae (South) Side

       39 Kaena Point from the Mokuleia (North) Side

       40 Kaena Point—Both Sides

       41 Kealia Trail

       42 Wahiawa Botanical Garden Stroll

       43 Waimea Bay Loop

       44 Puu o Mahuka Heiau State Monument

       45 Kaunala Loop

       Bibliography

       Appendixes

       A Camping on Oahu

       B Hikes You Won’t Find Here and Why

       C Groups Offering Organized Trips

       D One Visitor’s Suggestions About Driving in Honolulu

       E How I Got Distances, Elevations, Times and Trail Maps

      View from the Maunawili Trail (Trip 27) of Mt. Olomana on windward Oahu

      Introduction

      “The Surprising Isle”—that’s what I’d call Oahu. Or perhaps “The Contradictory Isle.” Sprawled across the southeast corner of Oahu is Honolulu, a spaghetti-like tangle of traffic-jammed streets reminiscent of any mainland metropolitan downtown area. Honolulu is about commerce, not about pleasure! Its Waikiki district is a maze of crowd-choked streets deep in the canyons formed by one sky-scraping hotel after another. (Yes, there is still a beach