Kaneohe, Hawaii

Kaneohe or Kāneʻohe (Hawaiian pronunciation: [kaːneˈʔohe]) is a census-designated place (CDP) included in the City and County of Honolulu and in Hawaiʻi state District of Koʻolaupoko on the island of Oʻahu.

Features of note are Hoʻomaluhia Botanical Garden and the Hawaiʻi National Veterans Cemetery.

Access to Kāneʻohe Bay is mainly from the public pier and boat ramp at nearby Heʻeia Kea.

Kāneʻohe was home to the early rulers of the Hawaiian Kingdom and consisted of 30 royal fishponds.

From ancient times, Kāneʻohe was important as an agricultural area, owing to an abundance of rainfall.

The total area is 22.80% water, consisting of a portion of Kāneʻohe Bay included in the census tract.

[6] Nearby towns include Kailua to the east, reached either by Kāneʻohe Bay Drive (State Rte.

Likelike provides connections to Kahekili Highway (route 30) and Heʻeia, and H-3 southbound to Hālawa.

The first three exits on the windward side of Interstate H-3 east (north) bound access Kāneʻohe.

Access to Coconut Island (restricted) is from the state pier off Lilipuna Road.

[7] Elementary schools in Kaneohe CDP include Heʻeia,[8] Kāneʻohe,[9] Kapunahala,[10] Reverend Benjamin Parker,[11] and Pūʻōhala.

Geographic oblique, view southwesterly toward Kāneʻohe from MCB Hawaii as captured from NASA World Wind
Map of Hawaii highlighting Honolulu County