Things to do in Pearl City
Pearl City is a community in Central Oʻahu, the valley between the Waiʻanae and Koʻolau mountain ranges. Pearl Harbor, an active naval base, lies at the south end of Central Oʻahu.
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Attractions near Pearl City
All attractions ▸Byodo-In TempleA replica of Japan's Byodo-In Temple at the foot of the Koʻolau Mountains in Kaneohe's Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.Halona BlowholeA lava tube blowhole on the Kaiwi coast, near the Halona Blowhole Lookout in Hawaii Kai.Iolani PalaceThe palace of Hawaiʻi's last reigning monarchs in downtown Honolulu, now a museum you visit with tickets bought online.Nuuanu Pali LookoutA State wayside on the Pali Highway that looks over windward Oʻahu from the brink of the Koʻolau cliffs.Pearl Harbor National MemorialA place to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a free visitor center and museums and the USS Arizona Memorial.National Memorial Cemetery of the PacificA national cemetery in an extinct volcano near the center of Honolulu, home to the Honolulu Memorial and its courts of the missing.Sandy BeachA lifeguarded City beach park in Hawaii Kai that the City lists as a common shorebreak beach, where waves cause serious neck and spinal injuries.ChinatownHonolulu's historic Chinatown, with markets, temples, herbalists, lei makers and restaurants in the heart of downtown.
About Pearl City
The Pearl Harbor Visitor Center at Pearl Harbor National Memorial is free, and a time slot for the USS Arizona Memorial must be reserved ahead on Recreation.gov. The Battleship Missouri Memorial is on an active Navy base and is reached by the free shuttle from the visitor center. Hawaiʻi Plantation Village, elsewhere in Central Oʻahu, is a living history museum of plantation homes.
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