DEPARTMENT OF PARKS & RECREATION
East Hawai`i: Aupuni Center, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6, Hilo, HI 96720
Phone/TTY: (808) 961-8311 | Fax: (808) 961-8411
West Hawai`i: West Hawai`i Civic Center, Building B, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Phone/TTY: (808) 323-4322 | Fax: (808) 323-4346
Email: parks_recreation@hawaiicounty.gov
Questions for Camping or Pavilion Permits: camping@hawaiicounty.gov
Administration | Aquatics | Cemetery Information | Culture and Education Division | Elderly Activities
Hawai`i County Band | Hilo Municipal Golf Course | Ho`olulu Complex | Pana`ewa Recreational Complex
Park Facilities | Parks Maintenance | Recreation | Veterans Advisory Committee | West Hawai`i Band
DESCRIPTION: Provides administrative and organizational support services to all the divisions/sections and band to achieve the development and implementation of the department’s programs and services.
DIRECTOR: Roxcie L. Waltjen
DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Maurice C. Messina
Department of Parks & Recreation Staff
Related links:
- Camping - Hawai`i County Beach Parks
- (Isaac Hale, Kapa`a, Kohanaiki, Kolekole, Mahukona, Punalu`u, Spencer, Laupahoehoe, Miloli`i, Whittington, Mauna Kea Recreation Area)
- Camping at Ho`okena
- Mauna Kea Bunkhouse Application
- Mauna Kea Bunkhouse FAQ
- General Information, Map
- Kolekole Gulch Park - Fact Sheet (4-28-17)
- Department of Health Big Island Water Quality/Beach Advisories
- EPA Beaches LEARN: Human Health at the Beach
- Rules and Regulations
- 4-Year ADA Park Project Schedule
- Limited English Proficiency Plan
- Parks and Recreation Documents
- Release of Claims Memo To Participants, Certification and Forms
News
- Isaac Hale and Ahalanui Beach Parks closed until further notice due to lava outbreaks in Puna
- Pahoa Emergency Evacuation Shelter Closure September 17, 2018, 12:00 p.m.
- He Hali`a Aloha No Lili`uokalani Poster (Saturday, September 8, 2018, 10:00 a.m., Lili`uokalani Gardens, Hilo)
- Veterans Advisory Committee Agenda (Tuesday, August 28, 2018, 2:00 p.m.)
- County Park Closures for Maintenance in 2018
Class Schedules
- Aquatics - Program Guides
- Culture and Education Division – East and West Classes
- Elderly Recreation Services – Senior Citizen Classes
- Recreation Division – Program Guides
- Recreation Division – Summer Fun Flyers
OCTOBER
Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
October 13, 2018, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
Akamai Living Fair Hilo
October 19, 2018
Edith Kanaka`ole Stadium, Hilo
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Iris Higa, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 961-8710
Email: ers@hawaiicounty.gov
West Hawai`i County Band Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona
October 19, 2018, Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Bernaldo Evangelista, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
Hilo World Peace Festival 2018
A Free Multi-Cultural Fair Dedicated to Peace & Harmony
October 20, 2018, Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Afook-Chinen Civic Auditorium
323 Manono Street, Hilo Hawai‘i
Peace Exhibit, Cultural Performances, International Foods and Informational Booths
Culture and Education Division Office (808) 961-8706
Email: cultureandeducation@hawaiicounty.gov
NOVEMBER
Akamai Living Fair Kona
November 2, 2018
Hale Halawai, Kona
9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Iris Higa, Elderly Recreation Services, (808) 961-8710
Email: ers@hawaiicounty.gov
Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
November 3, 2018, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
West Hawai`i County Band Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona
November 16, 2018, Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Bernaldo Evangelista, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699
DECEMBER
Mo`oheau Park Concert Schedule
December 1, 2018, Saturday, 12:00 p.m.
Paul Arceo, Hawai`i County Band, (808) 961-8699