Maui
The island of Maui is one of the islands of Hawaii, a state of the United States of America. It is the second-largest of the eight major islands and the third-most populous.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lahaina and Kahului.
Lahaina
Lahaina is a town on the western end of the island of Maui, Hawaii that abounds with restaurants, night clubs, and souvenir shops. Because the western end of Maui is a popular vacation destination, tourism is important to Lahaina.
Kahului
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Kahului is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Maui County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It hosts the county's main airport, a deep-draft harbor, light industrial areas, and commercial shopping centers.
Wailuku
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Wailuku, on Maui, is the seat of Maui County. Unlike the commercial center of Kahului, Wailuku has a small-town plantation feel centered around its Main Street.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Kihei and Haleakalā National Park.
Kihei
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Kihei is a town on Maui's South Shore. Overrun by developers in the 1970s and 80s, it's now a jumble of hotels, condos, shops and houses. While lacking charm, Kihei makes amends in its functionality and location.
Haleakalā National Park
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Haleakalā National Park is a national park of the United States located on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Named after Haleakalā, a dormant volcano within its boundaries, the park covers an area of 33,265 acres, of which 24,719 acres is a wilderness area.
Paia
Paia is a town on Maui's north shore. With much less concrete, no resorts and a number of beaches known for their huge waves, it has a different look and feel than the resort towns to the west and south.
Makawao
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Makawao is a town on the island of Maui in the state of Hawai'i, United States of America. Pronounced MAH-kah-wow and meaning "Eye of the Forest," Makawao is one of four towns that make up the semi-ambiguous region known as "Upcountry." As Makawao marks the start of a vast expanse of jungle-like rainforests that wrap around the north and east sides of Maui, it is naturally wet and cool.
Hana
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Located at the extreme southeast of the island of Maui, the city of Hana is like another island. Travel to or from the region of Hana to any other major population center takes several hours by car.
Ma’alaea
Māʻalaea is a census-designated place in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 310 at the 2020 census. Māʻalaea sits on the southern coast of the isthmus separating West Maui from the island’s Central Valley.
Kapalua
Kapalua is in a resort community located along the west coast of the island of Maui, Hawaii. Situated 20 minutes from Lahaina town and bounded to the North by Honolua Bay.
Kaanapali
Kaanapali is a small town on the Island of Maui in Hawaii. It's located on Maui's Western shore, close to Lahaina, and is one of Maui's main tourist destinations.
Wailea
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Wailea, and the smaller Makena to the south, are resort areas on the south side of Maui, Hawaii, immediately south of the town of Kihei. They are known for their luxury resort hotels and condos, upscale restaurants, fancy shopping center and expensive golf courses.
Haiku
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Haʻikū is an unincorporated community in Maui County on the island of Maui in the state of Hawaii. For United States Census purposes, it is part of the Haʻikū-Pauwela census-designated place, which also includes Pauwela.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Haleakalā Park Headquarters Visitor Center and Hosmer’s Grove.
Haleakalā Park Headquarters Visitor Center
Tourism office
Haleakalā Park Headquarters Visitor Center is a tourism office.
Hosmer’s Grove
Forest
Hosmer's Grove is an example of experimental forestation from Hawaii's territorial days. Located just inside Haleakala National Park near the summit of Haleakala in Maui, Hawaii, it includes a campsite and several hiking trails.
Hosmer Grove Campground
Campsite
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Hosmer Grove Campground is a campsite.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kula.
Kula
Village
Kula is a census-designated place of Maui, Hawaii. It stretches across Upcountry Maui, the western-facing slopes of Haleakalā. Most residential areas lie between about 500 to 1,100 m in elevation.
Maui
- Type: Island with 155,000 residents
- Description: second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands, in the United States
- Also known as: “Island of Maui”, “Mau-i”, “Mauwi”, “Mawhee”, “Mouwi”, “Mowee”, “Mowi”, “Muve”, and “Valley Isle”
- Category: volcanic island
- Location: Maui County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Maui” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Maui”
- Arabic: “جزيرة ماوي”
- Arabic: “ماوي”
- Armenian: “Մաուի”
- Azerbaijani: “Maui adası”
- Basque: “Maui”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Маўі”
- Belarusian: “Маўі”
- Breton: “Maui”
- Bulgarian: “Мауи”
- Catalan: “Maui”
- Cebuano: “Maui”
- Chinese: “毛伊岛”
- Chinese: “毛伊島”
- Chinese: “茂伊島”
- Chinese: “茂宜岛”
- Chinese: “茂宜島”
- Croatian: “Maui”
- Czech: “Maui”
- Danish: “Maui”
- Dutch: “Maui”
- Esperanto: “Maui”
- Estonian: “Maui”
- Finnish: “Mau’i”
- Finnish: “Maui”
- French: “Île de Maui”
- French: “Maui”
- Galician: “Maui”
- Georgian: “მაუი”
- German: “Maui”
- Greek: “Μάουι”
- Hawaiian: “Maui”
- Hebrew: “מאווי”
- Hindi: “माउइ”
- Hindi: “मावी”
- Hungarian: “Maui”
- Icelandic: “Maui”
- Ido: “Maui”
- Indonesian: “Maui”
- Interlingue: “Maui”
- Irish: “Maui”
- Italian: “Maui”
- Japanese: “マウイ”
- Japanese: “マウイ島”
- Korean: “마우이 섬”
- Korean: “마우이”
- Korean: “마우이섬”
- Latvian: “Maui”
- Lithuanian: “Maui”
- Macedonian: “Мауи”
- Malay: “Maui”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ماوي”
- Nepali: “माउइ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maui”
- Norwegian: “Maui”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Maui”
- Persian: “مائوئی”
- Polish: “Maui”
- Portuguese: “Maui”
- Romanian: “Maui”
- Russian: “Мауи”
- Scots: “Maui”
- Serbian: “Мауи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Maui”
- Slovak: “maui”
- Slovenian: “Maui”
- South Azerbaijani: “ماوویی”
- Spanish: “Isla de Maui”
- Spanish: “Maui”
- Swedish: “Mau’i”
- Swedish: “Maui”
- Thai: “Maui”
- Thai: “เกาะเมาอี”
- Thai: “เมาวี”
- Turkish: “Maui Adası”
- Turkish: “Maui”
- Ukrainian: “Мауі”
- Ukrainian: “Мауї”
- Urdu: “ماوئی”
- Uzbek: “Maui”
- Vietnamese: “Maui”
- Waray (Philippines): “Maui”
- Welsh: “Maui”
- Welsh: “Ynys Maui”
- Western Frisian: “Maui”
- Wu Chinese: “茂宜岛”
- Yue Chinese: “茂伊島”
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