Places worth the detour in Hawaii
Detourmap lists 86 places in Hawaii, United States, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Pearl Harbor. 56 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 86
- Oldest
- 1790 Footprints 1790
- Little known
- 56 of 86
- Share of United States
- 2%
Hawaii 86
All 86, best known first.
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9.Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Nature · 20th century · Renowned
National park of the United States
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14.Waikīkī
Nature · Renowned
Beachfront resort neighborhood on the south shore of Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States
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15.Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Nature · 21st century · Renowned
National monument in the United States
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18.Diamond Head
Nature · Notable
Volcanic tuff cone and state monument on the southeast edge of Waikīkī, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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19.Laupāhoehoe
Archaeological · Notable
Human settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States of America
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22.Oloʻupena Falls
Nature · Notable
Tiered waterfall in Molokai, Hawaii and the tallest waterfall in the United States
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24.USS Arizona Memorial
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
Memorial to soldiers killed on the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor
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25.Puʻu ʻŌʻō
Nature · Notable
Volcanic cone in the eastern rift zone of the Kīlauea volcano (Hawaii, USA)
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27.Hanauma Bay
Nature · Notable
Volcanic crater bay on the southeastern coast of Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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31.Waimea Canyon State Park
Nature · Hidden gem
Protected area of Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
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49.West Maui Mountains
Nature · Hidden gem
Much eroded shield volcano that constitutes the western one-quarter of the Hawaiian Island of Maui
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61.Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
Protected area on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, US
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62.Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
Nature · 20th century · Hidden gem
National Wildlife Refuge on Kauaʻi Island, Hawaiʻi
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72.East Molokai Volcano
Nature · Hidden gem
Extinct shield volcano comprising the eastern two-thirds of the island of Molokaʻi in the U.S. state of Hawaii.
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77.1790 Footprints
Archaeological · 18th century · Hidden gem
Archaeological site on the island of Hawaiʻi, USA
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80.Kukaniloko Birth Site
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Honolulu County, United States of America
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82.Ulupo Heiau State Historic Site
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Historic Place in Honolulu County, Hawaii
Elsewhere in United States
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Hawaii?
Pearl Harbor. Harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Hawaii?
86: 75 nature & landscapes and 11 archaeological & historic sites. 56 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Hawaii?
1790 Footprints, dated to 1790. 8 of the 86 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Hawaii here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Hawaii if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Hawaii is a first-level division of United States, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.















































































