With one of the island’s top-rated public high schools and easy access to downtown, the airport, and the military base, the adjacent neighborhoods of Salt Lake and Moanalua are great communities on the western edge of Downtown Honolulu.

Salt Lake, which includes Aliamanu and Foster Village, gets its name from its geological origins. Sitting in the remnant of a volcanic crater, it was once a shallow lake filled with water that became very salty as it evaporated. The area was developed in the 1960s and today is a mix of high-rise condominiums, mid-rise buildings and single-family homes. The area includes a Target; the Salt Lake Shopping Center; Salt Lake District Park—complete with a 50-meter swimming pool, tennis courts and hiking trailheads; and the Honolulu Country Club, with its Arnold Palmer–designed golf course.

Abutting Salt Lake is Aloha Stadium, just on the other side of Interstate H-1. It’s where high school football teams in Hawaii call home. It’s also the venue for the Swap Meet & Marketplace since the late 1970s. A mix of locals and tourists gather every week to find items from clothing, accessories, Hawaiian souvenirs, and handmade pieces at a great price. Walking through the hundreds of local vendors feels like a treasure hunt, and when you start to feel hungry, pick up some fresh fruits or a bag of Hawaiian macadamia nuts. 

Adjoining Salt Lake is Moanalua, which extends into the lush, historic valley—it is an ancient Hawaiian land division that was once filled with fishponds and spring-fed taro fields.

Development in Moanalua Valley began in the 1950s, which resulted in quiet streets of midcentury single-family homes that don’t often come on the market.

If you like to be outdoors, you’ll have many recreational options in Moanalua. The Moanalua Community Park is a great place to play tennis or to bring your dog for a run at its dog park. A hike at the popular Moanalua Valley Trail gives you a feel for ancient days when taro fields thrived. You can spot oopu (Hawaiian freshwater gobi fish) in the stream and see the ruins of early missionary descendant Douglas Damon’s early 20th-century home. Nearby is Moanalua Gardens, a green sanctuary where you can see Kamehameha V’s summer cottage and its famed towering monkeypod tree, known as the Hitachi Tree—the Japanese corporation of the same name featured it in a TV ad in 1973.

If you’re serving in the military, Salt Lake and Moanalua’s central location can’t get better. Hickam Air Force Base, Fort Shafter Army Base, NS Pearl Harbor Navy Base, and Camp H. M. Smith are all a short drive away.

For those looking for all the amenities of convenient suburban living and a short 15-minute commute to Downtown Honolulu, Salt Lake and Moanalua fit the bill. And on weekends, you can take advantage of hiking trails and green spaces right in the neighborhood, shopping and dining at neighboring communities such as Pearl Ridge and Waikele, or it’s an easy getaway to the famed beaches of the North Shore. Salt Lake and Moanalua simply can’t be beat when it comes to location.

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