Must-see attractions in North Shore & Upcountry

  • Makawao History Museum

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Step into this tiny but informative museum for an overview of the town's cowboy past and bite-size insight into Hawaii's history. There are antique…

  • Ho'okipa Beach Park in Maui.

    Hoʻokipa Beach Park & Overlook

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Hoʻokipa is to daredevil windsurfers what Everest is to climbers. It reigns supreme as the world’s premier windsurfing beach, with strong currents,…

  • Hawaii, Maui, Ali'i Kula Lavendar Farm, lavendar field.

    Aliʻi Kula Lavender

    North Shore & Upcountry

    On a broad hillside with panoramic views of the West Maui Mountains and the Central Maui coast, this charming lavender farm is a scenic place to relax and…

  • HA Baldwin Beach, Pai'ia, North Shore.

    HA Baldwin Beach Park

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Bodyboarders and bodysurfers take to the waves at this palm-lined county park about a mile west of Paʻia. The wide sandy beach is lovely for sunbathing…

  • Sacred Garden of Maliko

    North Shore & Upcountry

    This unique nonprofit is a self-described healing sanctuary offering a meditative moment on your trip. Your kids will love the rock-garden labyrinth walk…

  • Hui Noʻeau Visual Arts Center

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Occupying the former estate of sugar magnates Harry and Ethel Baldwin, Hui Noʻeau is a regal setting for a community arts center. In 1917 famed architect…

  • Worcester Glassworks

    North Shore & Upcountry

    This family-run studio and gallery has produced some amazing pieces over the years, particularly the sand-blasted glass in natural forms (eg seashells)…

  • Spreckelsville Beach

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Extending west from HA Baldwin Beach, this 2-mile stretch of sand is a good walking beach. Its nearshore reef makes it less than ideal for swimming, but…

  • Tavares Beach

    North Shore & Upcountry

    For a quiet 100yd stretch of sand, try this unmarked beach a short drive northeast from downtown, just beyond mile marker 7. Things liven up on weekends,…

  • Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area

    North Shore & Upcountry

    On the upper slopes of Haleakalā, this remote and heavily forested park is the place for solitary forest hiking. Check the park website or call before you…

  • Sun Yat-sen Park

    North Shore & Upcountry

    For a time Sun Yat-sen, father of the Chinese nationalist movement, lived in Keokea. He’s honored at Sun Yat-sen Park, found along the Kula Hwy (Hwy 37),…

  • Kula Botanical Garden

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Walking paths wind through themed plantings, including native Hawaiian specimens and a ‘taboo garden’ of poisonous plants. Because a stream runs through…

  • Harold W Rice Memorial Park

    North Shore & Upcountry

    On a hillside between the Kula Hwy and Lower Kula Rd, this grassy park is a nice place to enjoy a picnic while soaking up the sweeping views of the West…

  • Maui Agricultural Research Center

    North Shore & Upcountry

    It was in this garden operated by the University of Hawaiʻi that the state’s first proteas were planted in 1965. Today you can walk through row after row…

  • Kwock Hing Society

    North Shore & Upcountry

    This colorful two-story period building (1907) was constructed to provide services to immigrant Chinese workers. Now on the National Register of Historic…

  • Holy Ghost Church

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Waiakoa’s hillside landmark, the octagonal Holy Ghost Church, was built in 1895 by Portuguese immigrants. The church features a beautifully ornate…

  • Maui Dharma Center

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Marked by its roadside stupa, this Tibetan Buddhist center offers daily, weekly and monthly prayer and meditation sessions, retreats and dharma talks. Or…

  • St John’s Episcopal Church

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Overlooking a gorgeous view of the coast, this local landmark (c 1907) still bears its name in Chinese characters. It hosts the annual Kula Fest in early…

  • Oskie Rice Arena

    North Shore & Upcountry

    Near downtown Makawao, this arena hosts a rodeo the weekend closest to July 4 and polo matches in the fall.