Information for Visiting Researchers and Students

Landstat image of island of O'ahu showing Kane'ohe Bay and Coconut Island.

Driving Directions to HIMB

** HIMB's Lilipuna Pier parking lot is NOT available until completion of construction.

Visitor parking is currently located at the Windward Shopping Mall in Kaneohe with shuttle van service to Lilipuna Pier. Please view the map of the visitor parking area at the WCC. This is also the site for shuttle van pick-up and drop-off.

We also have available a Kaneohe Road Map in PDF format.

From the UH Manoa Campus / Honolulu

  1. Take the H1 Freeway West to Pali Highway. Take Pali Hwy thru the mountains to the windward side. At the first light at the bottom of the Pali (Castle Junction), turn left onto Kamehameha Hwy (“Kam Highway”).
  2. Follow Kam Hwy 5 to 6 miles through Kaneohe town until you see the Windward Mall (on your left) and Safeway and the Ranch House Restaurant (on your right).
  3. Turn right on Lilipuna Rd (past the mall, immediately after you pass Ranch House Restaurant).
  4. On Lilipuna, the first curve you come to will be to your left, and uphill. The second curve will be a sharp right. After you make that second curve, start looking on your left for a large brown metal gate. That is the gate to the HIMB parking lot.

    If you get to the third curve on Lilipuna (another sharp right going back downhill), you’ve gone too far.
  5. Your host at HIMB will need to meet you at the gate to let you in or give you a temporary gate code to get into the parking lot. To enter a gate code, hold down “0” while pressing the * key. Then type in the code.

From Ewa / Pearl Harbor

  1. Take the H1 Freeway East to the H3 Freeway East. Take H3 thru the mountains toward Kanoehe. Once on the windward side, take the first exit (Exit 9) to Kaneohe / Likelike Hwy.
  2. Stay to the right on Likelike and take the first exit again, this time onto Kahekili Hwy.
  3. Take Kahekili for a few blocks until you come to the stoplight for Haiku Rd. Turn right on Haiku.
  4. Follow Haiku past the Windward Mall and across Kamehameha Highway (“Kam Highway”). Haiku becomes Lilipuna Road after you cross Kam Hwy.
  5. On Lilipuna, the first curve you come to will be to your left, and uphill. The second curve will be a sharp right. After you make that second curve, start looking on your left for a large brown metal gate. That is the gate to the HIMB parking lot.

    If you get to the third curve on Lilipuna (another sharp right going back downhill), you’ve gone too far.
  6. Your host at HIMB will need to meet you at the gate to let you in or give you a temporary gate code to get into the parking lot. To enter a gate code, hold down “0” while pressing the * key. Then type in the code.

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From Honolulu International Airport

  1. Take H1 Freeway East to Likelike Hwy. Follow Likelike thru the mountains to the windward side.
  2. Once through to the windward side, stay to the right on Likelike and take the first exit, onto Kahekili Hwy.
  3. Take Kahekili through several lights until you come to the stoplight for Haiku Rd. Turn right on Haiku.
  4. Follow Haiku past the Windward Mall and across Kamehameha Highway (“Kam Highway”). Haiku becomes Lilipuna Road after you cross Kam Hwy.
  5. On Lilipuna, the first curve you come to will be to your left, and uphill. The second curve will be a sharp right. After you make that second curve, start looking on your left for a large brown metal gate. That is the gate to the HIMB parking lot.

    If you get to the third curve on Lilipuna (another sharp right going back downhill), you’ve gone too far.
  6. Your host at HIMB will need to meet you at the gate to let you in or give you a temporary gate code to get into the parking lot. To enter a gate code, hold down “0” while pressing the * key. Then type in the code.

Quick Route from UH Manoa Campus / Town

(If H1 traffic is minimal ie. NON-rush hour)

  1. Take the H1 Freeway westbound to Likelike Hwy. Follow Likelike through the mountains to the windward side.
  2. Once through to the windward side, stay to the right on Likelike and take the first exit, onto Kahekili Hwy.
  3. Take Kahekili through several lights until you come to the stoplight for Haiku Rd. Turn right on Haiku.
  4. Follow Haiku past the Windward Mall and across Kamehameha Highway (“Kam Highway”).. Haiku becomes Lilipuna Road after you cross Kam Hwy.
  5. On Lilipuna, the first curve you come to will be to your left, and uphill. The second curve will be a sharp right. After you make that second curve, start looking on your left for a large brown metal gate. That is the gate to the HIMB parking lot.

    If you get to the third curve on Lilipuna (another sharp right going back downhill), you’ve gone too far.
  6. Your host at HIMB will need to meet you at the gate to let you in or give you a temporary gate code to get into the parking lot. To enter a gate code, hold down “0” while pressing the * key. Then type in the code.
View the Kaneohe Road Map PDF.

 

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