Announcements
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**IMPORTANT PARK NOTICES**

⚠️ Always monitor weather reports and ocean conditions before your park visit. 

[MAUI] UPDATE 4/17/26

‘Iao Valley State Monument: Currently CLOSED until further notice. Parking and entry CLOSED until June 28, 2026.

Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area: Polipoli cabins and camping areas are CLOSED until further notice.

[KAUA’I] UPDATED 4/14/26

The Kalalau trail has REOPENED and the Haʻena Shuttle has RESUMED.

Koke’e State Park camping will be CLOSED for campground improvements. Construction to begin May 2026 and extend through Spring 2027.

Polihale State Park and camping is CLOSED until further notice due to mud and debris removal.

Pāʻulaʻula State Historic Site: CLOSED for construction.

[O’AHU] UPDATED 4/12/26

O’ahu state parks have REOPENED with the exception of Ka’ena Point State Park, both Mokule’ia and Mākua-Keawa’ula sections, and Pu’u o Mahuka Heiau State Historic Site.


[HAWAI’I] UPDATED 4/10/26

Notice to bidders for Mobile Food Truck Concessions opened today for certain Hawai’i Island parks. More information at: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dsp/announcements/mobile-food-truck-concessions-hawaii/

[HAWAI’I] UPDATE 3/25/26

Akaka Falls State Park: Water and comfort station CLOSED, park open with portable toilets.

[MOLOKAʻI] 3/23/26

Palaʻau State Wayside and camping areas CLOSED for renovations until May 4.

Announcements

Nāpali

In April  2018, the Island of Kauaʻi exeperienced unprecedented rainfall, topping 50″ in two days in some locations.  The North Shore region, from Hanalei to Napali,  was particularly hard hit.  Multiple landslides along the shoreline… Read More »

Historic Flood Event Accelerates Long-Planned Improvements Repairs and upgrades to make Hāʻena State Park more resilient to future floods, as well as to address public safety and accessibility issues, will begin next week.  A replacement… Read More »

UPDATE 4/16/18 – DUE TO THE FLOOD DAMAGE AND INDEFINITE CLOSURE OF THE KALALAU TRAIL, WE WILL NOT BE ISSUING ADDITIONAL PEAK SEASON PERMITS PENDING A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND ESTIMATES FOR ROAD AND PARK ACCESS… Read More »

Video News Release: www.vimeo.com/219134363   (Honolulu) – Work to restore the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park to its true wilderness character continued during a three-day law enforcement operation this week. A dozen officers from the… Read More »

To view the special online, click HERE. Repeated sweeps of the Kalalau Section of the famed Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park on Kauaʻi since the first of the year, have resulted in 104 people receiving… Read More »

(Click on image to watch video) NĀPALI COAST & KALALAU TRAIL FOCUS OF INCREASED STATE STEWARDSHIPOne Arrested, 70 Cited, and Tons of Trash Airlifted Out Combined law enforcement and clean-up operations at the world-renowned Kalalau… Read More »

In response to continued illegal campers abusing the fragile and overtaxed Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park, Kauaʻi, camping permits are now required to hike beyond Hanakāpīʻai Valley along the Kalalau Trail.  Hanakāpīʻai is a two… Read More »

 4/28/15 – Kalalau Trail, Napali Coast State Wilderness Park is CLOSED due to flash flooding conditions. In response to public demand and to promote improved public safety, beginning May 19, 2010, permits for Nāpali Coast… Read More »