Omao, Hawaii

About Omao

Omao, HI is a small unincorporated community located in northwestern Hawaii.

Omao holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 1.27 square miles.

📰 Omao News Today

• Teen critically injured in 3-vehicle crash on Kauai Hawaii News Now · Feb 23
• Panfilo "Pany" Cabinatan Obituary (2026) - Omao, HI - Kauai Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home Legacy | Obituary · Feb 13
• Family of Kauai teen critically injured in 3-vehicle crash seeks help Hawaii News Now · Feb 26
• Traffic Pattern Change in Ōma’o between Ōma’o Road and Mahā Road State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (.gov) · Jun 1
• Privacy, Please: Tropical Paradise in Omao, Hawaii HGTV · Jun 2

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

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What Makes Omao Unique

• The only place in America named Omao — 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.
• Positioned in northwestern Hawaii, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Tree Tunnel · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Omao

• Kanaʻele Bog Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve · Nature reserve reviews ★

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

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🌤️ Current Weather

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