Maalaea, Hawaii

About Maalaea

Maalaea is a small unincorporated community in central Hawaii.

Maalaea holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.16 square miles.

📰 Maalaea News Today

• Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue 10 from water in Maui United States Coast Guard News (.mil) · Jan 29
• Eminent Domain: State Owes $7M and Counting for Maalaea Boatyard Hawaii Free Press · Apr 13
• Maui Harbor Shops, 300 Maalaea Road, Wailuku, HI, 96793 cbre.com · Apr 10
• Ten rescued in West Maui after sailboat collides with canoe KITV · Jan 29
• Coast Guard assists 20 adults, 1 child aboard disabled vessel offshore Maui Hawaii News Now · May 29

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Maalaea Unique

• The only place in America named Maalaea — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Island living in the Pacific — year-round tropical climate.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Maalaea

• Seascape — seafood
• Beach Bum's
• Café del Vino
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Tante's Fishmarket Restaurant & Bar — seafood

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Maui Ocean Center · Aquarium
• Bumper Boats · Attraction
• Sunflower field · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Maalaea

• Haycraft Park reviews ★
• Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Maalaea

🏘️ Nearby Communities