First time coming to this park. We had grandparent duties of picking up our grandkiddie from…read morepractice. It's a nice safe park in the Kaimuki/Kahala residential area. Wide open field for teams to practice. I only saw owners walking their pets on the perimeter. We brought chairs to sit on to sit and watch their practice. To me it's so amazing to watch the sky change color and mood during sunset which on that particular day on 12/6/24 was between 5:45 pm and 6 pm. The end of their practice they played shark and minnow with another team 4 years older than them. They had a blast. Capturing that moment in time was very special.

Got tested at their pop-up tent location. You must PRE-register and make an appointment. Register…read moreonline at www.alohaclear.com or download the app and register. Got there at 12:00pm, left at 1:45pm. Apparently, my registration was not in the system and I didn't screenshot my QR CODE. Make sure you screenshot the QR CODE or at least the appointment time. I got lucky... the person who checked us in helped us a lot. I had my hands full with my special needs son. She was a total angel! Wish I asked her name, but if you're reading this... please know that we appreciate you.

This park has a large field, tennis court, a building with restrooms, and a cute little playground…read more It looks like it hasn't been maintained well. Great view of the city and Diamond head. Hand full of parking space.

The neighbors enjoy this 180 degree ocean view from the park. There are breath taking views of…read moreHonolulu, Diamond Head and beyond. While the park is small with very limited parking, there is a community center with restrooms, a basketball and tennis court, a small field for soccer and a small plays scape. The park is remote and does not attract tourists. Neighbors gather to walk dogs, let children play and enjoy the sunset views. This is definitely a hidden gem.

I've been on a park hunt ever since I discovered that my daughter loves the park. We have a park…read moreright down the street from us but it really just the standard playground equipment. So I've been trying to find parks with different types of equipment. I'm like a park stalker, haha. While driving, I'd look out at parks and check out the equipment at the parks. I've seen quite a few ones but then I look at the reviews on Yelp and it turns me away. Reviews say that there's a lot of homeless or theft there. But today I discovered a website that's shows me all the playground equipment at all the parks. And I found this great park today. It's really close to my home so I'm so glad that I found it. My daughter loves this park. She's quite a monkey and she loves to climb the apparatus. She went up the stairs and down the slide many times. They also had a disk where you could stand or sit and you could spin on it. We don't have that at our neighborhood park. I showed her how to do it and she loved it. She kept wanting to do it over and over again. She spun around so much and was laughing the whole time. In addition to the playground equipment they also have a big area where you can have a picnic or lunch. They have several picnic tables to sit at. They also have a tennis court, basketball court, and volleyball court. Best park I've been to so far! I will definitely come back soon!

Neighborhood parks are a place to come and just enjoy the outdoors and away from the craziness that…read morelife throws at us. Discovering a new park while trying to figure out dinner plans is even more epic. The Hawaii Kai neighborhood is often a quiet one, so I was interested in finding the Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park deep in the valley is always a blessing when I needed a place of solace to sort out what life has dealt to me on this particular day It was also a time to think about what was for dinner on a casual Sunday afternoon in April 2020. I arrived here around 4:30pm via public transportation. Only 1 route on The Bus comes through this stretch of paradise. This route is route 1L and 80A and probably only on the eastbound direction. It stops in front of the park, which is awesome! During my most recent stay at the Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park, I tended to just slow walk around the perimeter of the park (as most of my experiences at local parks are these days) and check out what this park has to offer. The plus side is that there's nice gym equipment for kids to play and families to gather here for an evening to spend time together. The equipment doesn't look aged at all and the park itself seems maintained on a weekly basis. There is also a nice tennis court on the property, which is nice for anyone who loves a pick up game of tennis. I should get back into it sometime when I am not running. I spent about an hour here relaxing, enjoying, and walking through the park before making my lunch plans. It's always nice to have the park do your serious thinking for you. The overall experience here at the Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park is classified as subtle, classic, and quiet. The wind that comes through the area is always brisk and sometimes breezy too. While I was here at the Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park, there was just a few of people here, not including myself. Neighborhood parks are a great and inexpensive way to spend the day without having to spend money. Of course, you can walk and cruise the mall, but chances are you don't spend money at a park. I love the groomed nature of the park and how neat and organized everything here is. I do enjoy the park picnic benches that are around the park. It's nice to be able to sit here and enjoy yourself while having an outside lunch or dinner before heading home. The quiet ambiance of Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park is what excites me when I can come back here. For the most part though, I ended up walking around the perimeter of the park, which isn't too far around. I also people watched as something to do while doing those laps. I enjoyed the fact that this neighborhood park is definitely clean and away from basically everything and off the main road. If you ever need the mental time off, consider coming here to rest and recharge. Although the 2020 pandemic can be a problem, do what you can so that the Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park can be of value to you. I'd recommend coming here if you are in the area and worth every second being here. It made me smile and hope it will bring you happiness too. The Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park has been a fun and soothing discovery. I'm glad that there is no visible homeless situation here - at least during the day. One major turn off when I come to neighborhood parks is the tents and all the garbage that's haphazardly on the property. I enjoyed my experience here at the Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park, especially because it is tucked away into the residential area. It makes for a perfect peaceful getaway that's sure to please anyone and everyone who comes here. The park its great for families and individuals. It's physical address is 785 Ainapo Street in the heart of Hawaii Kai. Like all community and neighborhood parks, there is no admission fee, which is awesome and expected. As far as parking goes, your best bet would be to try to find street parking on residential roads wherever you can to be as close to the park as possible. Let mother nature take you where you want to be. Consider coming to Hahaione Valley Neighborhood park for a session. 5.0 stars for the overall experience. Oh they have a restroom facility on site. Support local! A+

The Liliha district of Honolulu is primarily residential, but has its share of commercial areas…read morethat makes this part of Honolulu quirky and a place to visit when you're in the neighborhood, like I was. With that said, I came here to Pu'unui community park pretty much out of the blue, just to check things out. With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, it helps the individual to be outdoors and enjoy while also being mindful about the social distancing and wearing the face mask too. I arrived here on a Sunday afternoon after commuting from Waikiki around 3pm on a cloudless May 2020 day. The park itself was quite small with a sizable open space for a baseball field and a space to play any sports imaginable. There's also a basketball court that is sort of enclosed in a building type structure. There's also a building that may or may not be a multi-use building of some sort. Not sure if there are public restrooms available on property, since I tried to find one, but didn't seem to locate one during my experience here. I was the only person there during my stay here and spent about 1 hour here enjoying the area and seeing this side of residential Liliha through its community park. It's nice that there was no visible homeless issues here during my time here and the ambiance was quite nice and also quiet. The park itself was basically nice and maintained by the good folks at the City and County of Honolulu Parks department. The overall experience here at Pu'unui community park was nice, although somewhat inadequate. There was no place to sit down like a bench or anything I saw. Sitting on concrete steps or leaning against the wall was my only options during my stay here. Maybe they took the benches away because of COVID-19 pandemic, which could be the case. I spent my time h ere at this park by looking around, walking the perimeter a bunch of times to kill the time and to get in the usual exercise, and trying to find the restroom facility - but to no avail. I enjoyed the ambiance of this quiet park nestled in the quiet Liliha district of urban Honolulu. It's so quiet that hardly any traffic buzzed through the area while I was there. It is pretty cool that there is a basketball court for those who enjoy the game as well as the baseball diamond. For myself though, walking around the perimeter works best and had a nice time doing so. If you are in the area and want a place to relax on a weekend or after a day at the office, consider making a stop here at the Pu'unui community park before you head on home. As with many community parks around the island, it's the second best thing to the ocean to de-stress after a tough day at the office. Pu'unui community park is located at 2555 Puunui Avenue in the heart of Liliha. As all community and neighborhood parks go, there is no admission fee required to gain access to its grounds. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, parks were previously closed to the public, but this order was lifted in late April 2020 to help support physical exercise and wellbeing for all citizens. So, you can come here (and any park) for your workouts - just no picnics or other non-physical exercise related activity. Many of y'all drive, so parking options are basically limited to any open residential parking spots you can find and park there. If you are like me, there's only 1 bus route that comes here and that's route 13. There's one other bus route that services the upper Liliha area, but it doesn't come close to this community park. That route is 10. There are routes 1L, 2, and 2L, but they only run on North School Street and Liliha. Best bet would be to bus it on the 13 really. For the most part though, finding solace can be found here at Pu'unui community park. Youth team games are played here as well as evening pick up basketball games with the locals. 5.0 stars for the overall experience. Open spaces are your friends! And its free! Support local! A+

Park is very well kept. Bathrooms are clean and have toilet paper. Playground is nice. Multiple…read moreball courts of various types such as soccer/baseball, covered basketball court so you can play even in the rain, and even tennis/badminton courts. Large community center too.

Safe and clean park! It is mostly used for soccer and beach volleyball. There are not playgrounds…read morehere. Still a nice area to walk around or even set up a picnic.

Boy, with the lock down on our state and my gym closed until who knows when............what does…read moreone do for exercise???? Lucky for me, I have a trusty "exercise machine" - my Golden Retriever "Makana" and we've been doing several miles of walks wherever it may take us. Recently I discovered a new park within the Kahala neighborhood called - "Hunakai Park" located of course on Hunakai Street (Duh! Lol!). This small neighborhood park really reminds me of the neighborhood park Makana & I normally like to go to - (Kalaepohaku Park). Hunakai Park is clean and well kept. There is large rocks/boulders surrounded around the outside perimeter of the park, I guess it's to keep anyone from driving on the beautiful green grass? There is no private parking lot for this park, but finding parking is not an issue here, as there is a lot of street parking available. A few things I found kinda weird about this park - 1. I noticed there were no trash cans, benches, or picnic tables at this park, but I guess since it's a private park..........maybe there is nobody around that can regularly maintain it? 2. There was no jungle gym for kids to play on, but again, since it's a private park.........maybe liability issues just in case someone gets hurt? One this that this park did have, was a sand pit at one end of the park, and I guess the pit could be used for "beach volleyball", but I did not see any volleyball net set up. Overall, it's just a nice open field park with some trees.........good for bringing doggies here so you can let them run around. :D

Lanakila District Park is located on the corner of N. School St. and Lanakila Ave. You can't miss…read moreit. There's a big baseball/softball field on the corner and the gym is located further up Lanakila Ave. They might have other activities in the area but I'm not too sure. They have a small parking lot located between the baseball field and the gym. Otherwise you can park on the street or across Lanakila Ave., there is a health center that you can park at on certain days that they're closed. I've been here a bunch of times either to play volleyball or basketball... mostly volleyball. I used to play in some tournaments on Sundays and weeknights over here and parking can get busy. Now I just go on Saturday afternoons to play in the open court with friends. It switches back and forth between here and Palolo Gym. PROS: Pros are that it's located in the middle between the eastside of the island and the westside. They also have padded flooring. The floor looks like wood but if you actually press down on the floor you can see that it gives in a little. They did this renovation a few years back. So if you fall down or go for a dive, hopefully your chances of getting back up in one piece is on the higher side. It's not super soft to the point where when you bounce a ball you can tell a difference. It's hardly noticeable. There's also quite a bit of parking. I've never had trouble with this even when it's super busy. CONS: This place can get really hot. I don't think it's well ventilated. It's also a small gym with one full court and two smaller courts running perpendicular across the full court and bleachers on one side of the gym. That's all the space you'll have. Maybe a few feet more on the perimeter. So it's a small gym which can make it stuffy and hot if they're a lot of people in there. Final Comments: This place is your typical district park gym but a bit on the smaller side. But the convenience of the location and the padded flooring is nothing to complain about. Bathrooms are okay. None the cleanest or the dirtiest. Overall Rating: "EXCELLENT" Great place with okay facilities. But still great nonetheless.

I played here for the basketball games back when I was a kid. Our team sucked for two years until…read moreour last year playing and we got second place. I'm giving it four stars because it's a good place for kids to stay active.

My old stomping grounds for B-ball & tennis…read more... It's been more than three decades since I last got on a basketball court to shoot some hoops, and it's nice to see that the Kapaolono Community Park is trying to up keep their facilities. This community park has a special place in my heart as I spent many hours here playing basketball, tennis, & baseball/softball. Kapaolono has a very large field, great for baseball & softball. Two tennis courts, & two basketball courts. They also have a swimming pool here, but I've never had a chance to use it. A few things I noticed about myself when I got back on the basketball court - 1. I noticed I had a little trouble dribbling the basketball, due to the neuropathy in my fingers. 2. I can still shoot the ball pretty well. 8 out of 10 on the freethrow line ain't too bad for an old fart like me. Lol! 3. Man, I am out of shape! If young kids asked me to join in on a pick-up game, I'd probably have to pass to prevent a heart-attack! Lol! 4. There are cracks on the basketball court, but at least the cracks are not craters! Lol! Still a great Community Park to visit & get some exercise! Gotta keep moving, to keep da old man out!

Today since I had a half a day my good buddy called me up and said if I wanted to…read morePlay basketball , I replied I'm Inn since I think it's been over 5 years that I played . Just wanted to get some exercise . Kapaolono community park has a nice swimming pool along with tennis and basketball courts . This park has some trees other than that it's real hot . So my buddies and I decided to Play only 2 games then we were done .

I like it. Sometimes Teams of younger kids use it for athletics. The local slang for it is "Bumpy"…read morePark. My past calabash Oʻhana has had Picnics there for many decades! Has chickens also! The grass is always green and cut. Itʻs not surprising to see a local worker pulled over having lunch at Bumpy Park. It's hard to walk thru the park at nite (coming home from the Shell, etc.) as then you walk through the Bumpy part and sometimes its treturous!

Next to Kapiolani Park and the Honolulu Zoo is Paki Community Park. It's a smaller park that sits…read morebehind the fire station and consists mostly of grassy areas. There is a playground, basketball courts, and picnic tables. There's also a small covered area for private events. You won't find many out-of-town tourists at this park; it's mostly a place for locals to spend some time here.