Manoa
Mānoa or Mānoa Valley is a valley and residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Mānoa or Mānoa Valley is a valley and residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. The neighborhood is about 3 miles (4.8 km) east and inland from downtown Honolulu and less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from Ala Moana and Waikīkī.
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Worth seeing in and around Manoa
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Hawaiʻi System
The University of Hawaiʻi System is the public higher education system of the state of Hawaii. The system confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, seven community colleges, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers, and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii.
2.2 km · college and university system in the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi · Wikipedia - 02University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a public land-grant research university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offices of the system.
2.2 km · public co-educational research university and flagship University of Hawaiʻi system · Wikipedia - 03Diocese of Honolulu
The Diocese of Honolulu is a Catholic diocese for the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Francisco.
2 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 04Ala Wai Canal
The Ala Wai Canal is an artificial waterway in Honolulu, Hawaii which serves as the northern boundary of the tourist district of Waikiki. It was created in 1928 to drain the rice paddies and swamps which would eventually become Waikiki.
3.9 km · canal in Honolulu, State of Hawaii, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05Chaminade University of Honolulu
Chaminade University of Honolulu is a private Marianist university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Founded in 1955 by the Society of Mary, Chaminade is in Kaimuki, Honolulu, at the base of St.
2.7 km · Marianist university in Hawaii, U.S. · Wikipedia - 06Manoa Falls
Mānoa Falls is a 150-foot waterfall along the Manoa Falls Trail in Honolulu, Hawaii. Swimming in the pool below the waterfall is highly discouraged because there is a threat of becoming infected with Leptospirosis, a disease causing mild to moderate flulike symptoms that can last for 1 to 2 weeks.
3.2 km · waterfall in Hawaii, United States · Wikipedia - 07Punchbowl Crater
Punchbowl Crater is an extinct volcanic tuff cone located in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the location of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
3.9 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Institute for Astronomy
The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy is a research institute for astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a public research university in Honolulu, Hawaii. The institute's main headquarters are located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii.
900 m · astronomical research unit of the University of Hawai'i · Wikipedia - 09Tantalus
Mount Tantalus is an extinct cinder cone in the southern Koʻolau Range on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. It also has a summit crater, Tantalus Crater.
2.1 km · mountain in Hawaii, US · Wikipedia - 10National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is a United States national cemetery located at Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii. It serves as a memorial to honor those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces, and those who have been killed in doing so.
3.9 km · national cemetery in Honolulu, Hawaii · Wikipedia
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Getting to Manoa
- Airports
- Daniel K. Inouye (HNL), 12 km · Kahului (OGG), 150 km · Lihue (LIH), 174 km
- Kahului → ManoaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Lihue, Kauai → ManoaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Kailua-Kona → Manoa265 km · quickest by air, 4h 26m · $160–230
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Manoa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Manoa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAs of Jan 2023, there is no regular interisland ferry service.
- Get aroundLarger groups may want to tour the city via charter bus; there are several chartering companies available on the island.
- Go nextMost of the island's major attractions can be seen in a day trip, or spread out over several days.
From Wikivoyage: Honolulu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Manoa
Manoa is 5 km from Honolulu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kaimukineighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States3.6 km
- Paloloneighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States2.3 km
- Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiicultural and community center for Japanese-Americans in Hawaii2.8 km
- Moiliilineighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States2.9 km
- Makikineighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States2.5 km
- Saint Patrick Catholic Church, HonoluluRoman Catholic parish in Kaimuki, Hawaii3.3 km