Ala Wai Park Bike Path…

I was just asked about the bike path through Ala Wai Park. The Ala Wai Canal, for the two or three folks who may stumble upon this and don’t live in Hawaii, is the canal running just behind Waikiki that channels the streams coming out of the mountains out into the ocean. Waikiki used to be swampy and this was part of the effort to dry it up.

The Ala Wai Park is the portion of the Ala Wai starting at McCully St. and running towards Diamond Head on the mountains side of the canal and ending more or less at the Ala Wai Elementary School.
And yes, there is a bike path (shared) running through it. Construction has shortened the route a bit and forced a bit of a detour for part of the way, but you can still bike in comfort provided you watch out for pedestrians, joggers, dog walkers, and everyone else on the path. I ride it often and have learned to expect that when I call out “on your left,” that’s exactly the direction most folks will move…right into my path. Slow is the watchword here.
The whole route (which does connect up to the Date St. bike path) is just over a mile so slow down and enjoy the park, you can ride faster later. Here’s the route:

Aloha!