page_title: Māili, Hawaii
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Māili, Hawaii / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Māʻili Beach Park looking northwest.
context_page_description: Māʻili is a census-designated place in the Waiʻanae District on the island of Oʻahu, City & County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States. In Hawaiian, māʻili means "pebbly", referring to rounded stones at the shore. Māʻili is located along Farrington Highway on Oʻahu’s Leeward Coast, between Māʻili Beach Park to the west and Lualualei Valley to the east. It is located 1.4 miles south of the town of Waianae, separated by the Māʻiliʻili Stream, and 1.5 miles north of Nanakuli. As of the 2010 Census, the town population was 9,488. Māʻili has one 7-Eleven, a gas station, and a few residential developments. The town is also home to several dairy farms and vegetable plots. Two tall, red antennae near the mouth of the Lualualei Valley are parts of the Navcom Radio Transmitting Facility, and were the tallest man-made structures in the Western Hemisphere at 1,503 feet when they were built in 1972. The town has an elevation of twenty feet.
  Māʻili has among the highest percentage of Native Hawaiians in Hawai’i, with 48.8% of the population in 2009. Māʻili and its waterfront park, Māʻili Beach Park, is a popular destination for surfing, snorkeling, swimming, boogieboarding, and bodyboarding.
context_section_description: Māʻili is located at 21°25′6″N 158°10′43″W (21.418333, -158.178736). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.8 square miles (7.3 km²), of which 1.7 square miles (4.4 km²) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km²), or 38.92%, is water. It is located on the Waimea Coast of Oʻahu, between the ocean-front Māʻili Beach Park and the Lualualei Valley at the foot of the Waianae Range. It is located 1.4 miles south of the town of Waianae, separated by the Māʻiliʻili Stream, and 1.5 miles north of Nanakuli.
caption: Māʻili Beach Park.
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