Begin or end with 1.5K through Meadowlands or Piilani neighborhoods
From at Pi’ikea Park Soccer field…Northeast of “Downtown Kihei”
Head south on Liloa…past Piilani Village Shopping Center with restaurants, medical center, shopping, food court, bank, Verizon, salon, cleaners, gas station, Starbucks…
Safeway
Continue south on Liloa…past apartments, Kihei Community and Aquatic Center, Kihei elementary and intermediate schools…
The Haggai Institute is the building in the background.
Lokelani Intermediate School
From the entrance to South Maui (or Kihei) Community Park take the paved path east (uphill) and south to the summit.
Lanai and West Maui Mountains
Take time to play! Double back to the entrance, then west on Halekuai Street. This is Kihei’s Business district with rental cars, Goodyear, autoparts, veterinarian, imports, etc.
Open to the Public
Views of Kihei’s wetlands are on both sides of the Halekuai Street.
North side of Halekuai Street (east of Salvation Army Store)
Turn left on South Kihei Road. (The headquarters for Maui Dive Shop on the left. Salvation Army store on right.) This is a 1K long uneventful stretch. Ki-Hana Nursery is on the right.
Ki-Hana Nursery: Open to the Public. There are large mango trees on both sides of the driveway.
Kukui Mall and Starbucks will be on the left and fire station plus public library on the right.
Kukui Mall
This business district is mountain side from Kalama Park. It includes professional offices, restaurant, salon and Foodland grocery.
Kalama Park Humpback whale sculpture
Keep heading south on South Kihei Road past restaurants, two open air markets to the corner with six floor Island Surf building. Cross South Kihei Road at the cross walk north of the Surfing Schools. Head for the ocean. This is the southern most end of the ocean walk way at Kalama Park.
Reef Mosaic. Did you see this?
Kalama Park has baseball diamonds, basketball, tennis, soccer field, skate boarding, roller skating, play ground….all beside a phenomenal ocean view.
Southside of Kalama Park: Surf school is in session
Proceed north along the ocean walk way.
Ocean walkway Kalama Park
Continue on Halama Street. There are five public access points to the beach between the homes (oceanside 112-117). It is interesting to compare 1950s beach homes with the newer estates which are side by side on this street. Turn right at Maui Gardens condos to pick up South Kihei Road, then head north (left).
There will be Kai Ani Village town homes to the east with street side business entrances on the ground level, St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Kihei Plaza, Times Supermarket and Azeka Market Place ocean and mountain side of S Kihei Road. Azeka is home to Ace Hardware, Nalu’s, White Pebbles, medical offices, Taco Bell, gym, banks, restaurants, quilt shop and much more.
Kihei Plaza
Azeka Market Place
USPS
Turn east (right) past the post office at the corner with Long’s Shopping Center….The road will take you to the center of the Downtown Kihei Project and back to the beginning of this 10K route.
June 2017
Aloha!
Kihei life 