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The record for Hawaii opens with Halemaʻumaʻu, Saddle Road and Puʻupehe — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (74 dossiers), Legend (35) and Named Ghost Legend (29). Of its 114 sites, 87 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Kalawao settlement, established 1866.

Localities:Honolulu30 Hilo8 Lanai City7 Lahaina7 Volcano4 Waimea4 Hanalei4 Wailuku3 Kailua3 Kailua-Kona3 Wailua3 Lihue2

Counties:Kalawao Co. 2

By filing type:Sites44 Naturals12 Hotels8 Towns3

By phenomenon:apparitions74 legends35 named ghost legends29 afterlife traditions4 hauntings4 night marchers4 footsteps3

Volcanic Crater

Halemaʻumaʻu

Volcano, Hawaii

Kīlauea crater identified as Pele’s home in moʻolelo.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Saddle Road

Cross-island road appearing in pork-carrying and hitchhiker stories.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Puʻupehe

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lānaʻi islet with variant interpretations of its stone platform.

3 claims · 3 legends→

Hāʻupu

Kauaʻi peak associated with a guardian giant.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Volcanic Crater

Leʻahi

Honolulu, Hawaii

Oʻahu crater connected to Pele’s journey.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Haleakalā

Maui mountain associated with Māui snaring the sun.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kaʻena Point

Waialua, Hawaii

Western Oʻahu point associated with the departure of ancestral souls.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Keahiakawelo

Lanai City, Hawaii

Storied Lānaʻi rock landscape associated with Kawelo.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Queen Emma Summer Palace

Honolulu, Hawaii

Preserved royal retreat with early newspaper ghost-story leads.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Polihale Beach

Western Kauaʻi landscape associated with souls’ departure.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Lumahaʻi Valley mouth

Hanalei, Hawaii

Kauaʻi coastal valley associated with a named night-marcher account.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Punchbowl

Honolulu, Hawaii

The crater of the dead—30,000+ graves in the volcano.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kawaiahaʻo Church

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Westminster Abbey of the Pacific—1842, the coral church.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hawaiian Mission Houses

Honolulu, Hawaii

The 1821 frame house—where the missionaries landed.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Oʻahu Cemetery

Honolulu, Hawaii

The oldest public cemetery—where the missionaries rest.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Bailey House

Wailuku, Hawaii

The 1833 mission house—where the museum keeps the past.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Kapaʻa

The plantation town—where the hotel reportedly keeps its dead.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Naha Stone

Stone on library grounds associated with chiefly-status traditions.

2 claims · 2 legends→

MacKenzie State Recreation Area

Coastal recreation area featured in a published paranormal investigation.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hawaii Theatre

Honolulu, Hawaii

The "Pride of the Pacific"—1922 Chinatown palace with a dressing-room ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→

USS Arizona Memorial

Honolulu, Hawaii

December 7, 1941—the battleship that became a tomb.

2 claims · 1 legend→

USS Utah

Honolulu, Hawaii

The other sunken ship—still on her side at Ford Island.

2 claims · 1 legend→

ʻIolani Palace

Honolulu, Hawaii

The only royal palace on U.S. soil—where the queen was imprisoned.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Washington Place

Honolulu, Hawaii

The queen’s home—where she was arrested and where she died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mauna ʻAla Royal Mausoleum

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Kamehameha tomb—where the dynasty rests in the valley.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Puʻu o Mahuka Heiau

Haleiwa, Hawaii

The largest heiau on Oʻahu—the hill of escape.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kāneana Cave

The shark-man’s lair—Nanaue’s cave in the cliff.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kualoa Ranch

The sacred valley—where Jurassic Park and the gods meet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kawainui Marsh

The largest wetland in the islands—sacred and haunted.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pali Highway

The road through the pass—where the night marchers cross.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mount Tantalus

Honolulu, Hawaii

The cinder cone where the spirits reportedly walk.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Royal Hawaiian Hotel

Honolulu, Hawaii

The "Pink Palace"—1927, Waikiki’s grande dame.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moana Surfrider

Honolulu, Hawaii

The "First Lady of Waikiki"—1901, the oldest.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sand Island

Honolulu, Hawaii

The internment camp in the harbor—1941-43.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Schofield Barracks

Wahiawa, Hawaii

The barracks that took the December 7 attack—the ghosts of Quad D.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hickam Field

Honolulu, Hawaii

The barracks with the bullet holes—December 7 preserved.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Waipiʻo Valley

The Valley of the Kings—where the dead and the falls meet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Puʻukoholā Heiau

Kawaihae, Hawaii

Kamehameha’s war temple—1791, the unification’s altar.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Moʻokini Heiau

The oldest heiau—480 CE, where the sacrifices were made.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau

Honaunau, Hawaii

The City of Refuge—where the condemned found sanctuary.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kuamoʻo Battlefield

Keauhou, Hawaii

1819—the battle where the kapu system died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Huliheʻe Palace

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

The vacation palace—where the moʻo reportedly guards.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Laupāhoehoe

Laupahoehoe, Hawaii

April 1, 1946—the tsunami that took the schoolchildren.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Thurston Lava Tube

Volcano, Hawaii

The 500-year-old tube—where the goddess reportedly walks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Volcano House

Volcano, Hawaii

The 1846 hotel on the crater’s edge—where Pele reportedly visits.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ka Lae / South Point

Naalehu, Hawaii

The southernmost point—where the first Hawaiians landed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Mokuʻula

Lahaina, Hawaii

The island palace under the baseball field—Kamehameha III’s court.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lahaina Banyan Tree

Lahaina, Hawaii

The 1873 banyan—burned 2023, still standing.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wainee Cemetery

Lahaina, Hawaii

The first Christian cemetery in Hawaii—1823, the missionaries’ graves.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Lahaina Prison

Lahaina, Hawaii

The 1852 coral prison—where the rowdy sailors cooled off.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Baldwin Home

Lahaina, Hawaii

The oldest house in Lahaina—1835, the missionary doctor’s home.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Lahaina fire site

Lahaina, Hawaii

August 8-9, 2023—the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Piʻilanihale Heiau

The largest heiau in Hawaii—three acres of stone.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kīpahulu

Kipahulu, Hawaii

The remote valley—where Lindbergh chose to rest.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Waiʻānapanapa

The black-sand beach—where the princess hid in the cave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Keʻanae

April 1, 1946—the tsunami that took the taro village.

2 claims · 1 legend→

ʻĪao Theater

Wailuku, Hawaii

The 1928 theatre—where the ghost reportedly watches the stage.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hālawa Valley

The oldest settlement on Molokaʻi—the valley of the falls.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Father Damien churches

Kalaupapa, Hawaii

The churches the saint built—St. Philomena and the colony.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Ka Ule o Nanahoa

The phallic rock—where Nanahoa left his mark.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shipwreck Beach

Lanai City, Hawaii

The beach where the wrecked Navy tanker still rusts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Waimea

January 1778—where Cook first landed in Hawaii.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Waimea Canyon

The "Grand Canyon of the Pacific"—the red gash.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Nā Pali Coast

Hanalei, Hawaii

The 17-mile cliffs—where the valleys hold the villages’ bones.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kalalau

Hanalei, Hawaii

The remote valley—where the hippies and the ghosts camp.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Queen’s Bath

Princeville, Hawaii

The tide pool that kills—the Princeville death pool.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Spouting Horn

The blowhole—where the lizard’s roar is heard.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fern Grotto

The lava cave—where the weddings and the ghosts meet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Māhāʻulepū

The sacred coast—where the fossils and the burials meet.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kona Lagoon Hotel

Keauhou, Hawaii

Former Kahaluʻu-area hotel linked to guardian-spirit stories.

Historic Commercial Building

Hocking Hale

Honolulu, Hawaii

King Street building with traditions of returning evening gatherings.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Puʻu Kekaʻa

Kāʻanapali, Hawaii

Black Rock coastal site with afterlife traditions and apparition reports.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Old Hilo Memorial Hospital

Former hospital undergoing a county-led reuse project.

Sinclair Library building

Honolulu, Hawaii

University building with historic restroom and audiovisual-room stories.

OUTRIGGER Kāʻanapali Beach Resort

Lahaina, Hawaii

Renamed resort with staff ghost stories from an earlier hotel era.

Nuʻuanu Pali Lookout

Honolulu, Hawaii

Lookout associated with the Battle of Nuʻuanu.

1 claim · 1 legend→

ʻĪao Valley State Park

Wailuku, Hawaii

Maui valley associated with the Battle of Kepaniwai.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Archaeological Village

Kaunolū Village

Lanai City, Hawaii

Former Lānaʻi fishing village and sacred coastal landscape.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Office Building

Topa Financial Center, Fort Street Tower

Honolulu, Hawaii

Downtown tower with reported gaps in perceived time.

Prince Waikiki

Honolulu, Hawaii

Hotel with stories associated with the former hospital site.

Hamilton Library

Honolulu, Hawaii

University library with basement footsteps and cold-presence accounts.

Healer Stones of Kapaemahu

Honolulu, Hawaii

Waikīkī stones honoring māhū healers and their cultural legacy.

1 claim · 1 legend→

ʻAlekoko Fishpond

Kauaʻi fishpond in Menehune traditions.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Nounou

Kauaʻi mountain known as Sleeping Giant.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Puʻu o Kaimukī

Honolulu, Hawaii

Honolulu hill associated with a female night-marcher procession.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Diamond Head Memorial Park

Honolulu, Hawaii

Cemetery with a watching-statue story.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Pier 11, Honolulu Harbor

Honolulu, Hawaii

Harbor site tied by modern retellings to former Pākākā Heiau.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mānoa Chinese Cemetery

Honolulu, Hawaii

Cemetery with a night-marcher story attached to a banyan tree.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Hanalei Valley rice-plantation story landscape

Hanalei, Hawaii

Valley landscape associated with an Emma deFries family account.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic Landing

Kaipalaoa Landing Wharf

Hilo landing associated with a place-name tradition.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel

Former Banyan Drive hotel referenced in guest ghost accounts.

Star of the Sea Painted Church

Relocated Kalapana church with alleged anomalous photographs.

USS Missouri

Honolulu, Hawaii

The deck where the war ended—September 2, 1945.

Byodo-In Temple

Kaneohe, Hawaii

The Phoenix Hall replica—at the foot of the Koʻolau.

Ulupō Heiau

The agricultural heiau—where the warriors trained.

Mokuʻaikaua Church

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

The first Christian church in Hawaii—1820.

Puʻu Loa Petroglyphs

Volcano, Hawaii

The hill of the carvings—23,000+ marks in the lava.

ʻOheʻo Gulch

Kipahulu, Hawaii

The "Seven Sacred Pools"—the waterfalls to the sea.

Hana Highway

The 64-mile road—600 curves, 54 bridges, the deaths along the way.

Keōmuku

Lanai City, Hawaii

The sugar village that died—the church still stands.

Pālāwai

Lanai City, Hawaii

The Mormon colony that failed—1854-1864.

Russian Fort Elizabeth

The Russian fort in Hawaii—1817, the star-shaped ruin.

Kīlauea Lighthouse

Kilauea, Hawaii

The 1913 light—where the seabirds and the keepers met.

Kaumakani

Kaumakani, Hawaii

The sugar camp—where the plantations’ dead are remembered.

University Residence Hall

Hale Kanilehua

UH Hilo residence hall appearing in modern ghost accounts.

King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

Operating beachfront hotel with modern reported ghost lore.

Hilo Hawaiian Hotel

Banyan Drive hotel with modern guest haunting anecdotes.

Grand Naniloa Hotel Hilo

Operating Hilo hotel associated with older Naniloa ghost anecdotes.

Poliʻahu Heiau

Wailua sacred site with a published account of unexplained drumming.

Kiʻilae Village

Captain Cook, Hawaii

Preserved Hawaiian village landscape along the 1871 Trail.

Archaeological Village

Kapihaʻā Village

Lanai City, Hawaii

Lānaʻi village remains interpreted along a heritage trail.

Anthony D. Allen Site

Honolulu, Hawaii

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Former Settlement

Kalawao settlement

Kalawao, Hawaii

Original Molokaʻi settlement used for compulsory isolation of Hansen’s disease patients.

Historic Settlement

Kalaupapa settlement

Kalaupapa, Hawaii

Living community formed under Hawaiʻi’s former compulsory isolation policy.