Walua Trail
Kimo enjoying his first time walking along Walua Trail. Some of the frequent trail walkers carry treats and ask to pet and feed your dog. Love this!
DIRECTIONS: Beginning at Lako Street (turn mauka off of the highway) just below the Kona Vista Subdivision you will find the Walua trailhead, but it intercepts a couple streets as it goes south for 3 miles.
ABOUT: Friendly, social walking/jogging/biking paved path that is popular with area residents and tourists. In places the Walua Trail is an isolated paved trail and restricted to non-motorized vehicles such as bikes, skates or pedestrians. In other areas the trail becomes Walua Road and you must share the street with cars. However, this narrow and winding neighborhood street does not see a lot of traffic, and drivers there are typically aware of you and are driving slowly. Nice shade from the trees in the morning; HOT in the afternoon, so I’d advise going in the early to mid-morning or evening.
BRING: Poop bags, leash, water
HAZARDS: High-traffic narrow trail. Possible unfriendly dogs or under-socialized dogs, so it is advised to only interact with unknown dogs IF the owner agrees to it. Please don’t let your dog say “Hi!” before asking the owner’s permission.
NEW: Improvements made by volunteers in July 2013.
This is to anyone reading this article. This is a well known walking trail on Kona. It is also goes through several neighborhoods. Homes are often right up against the trail. Please be respectful of the residents who live along the path. Not all of us wake up at 6AM (or WISH to wake up that early) and every morning some walkers speak in very loud voices without any regard for the residents. Then they go home to their quiet neighborhoods. There are places along the trail where the homes are farther away from the trail where you can save your conversation for. Not looking for a flame war, just some consideration.