Honolulu
Punchbowl, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
A cemetery inside an extinct crater above downtown, for the Pacific war dead.
Why go
The bowl of the crater with the headstones set flush in the grass, and a lookout at the rim over the whole city.
The catch
It is a working cemetery and families are there. Keep it quiet, and leave the drone in the car.
- How long
- 1-1.5 hours
- With children
- With care
- Effort
- Easy
- Cost
- Free
- Parking
- Easy
Before you go
- Not worth it in poor weather
- Busiest in the middle of the day
Getting there
Driving times on real roads, from the same data the trip planner routes on — not straight-line distance.
| From Waikīkī | 10 min | 3.9 miles |
|---|---|---|
| From HNL airport | 31 min | 13.1 miles |
| From Downtown Honolulu | 4 min | 1.1 miles |
| From Ala Moana | 5 min | 1.9 miles |
Add traffic. These are free-flowing times, and the H1 through town at eight in the morning is not free-flowing.
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What else is close
Nearest by road, which is not the same as nearest on a map — and not the same as sharing a region either.
- Honolulu Museum of Art2 min awayA museum built around a series of open courtyards, with a serious Asian and Pacific collection.
- Foster Botanical Garden3 min awayThe oldest garden on the island, in the middle of downtown, full of trees nothing else here has.
- Lili‘uokalani Botanical Garden3 min awayA small garden of native Hawaiian plants on land the Queen left to the city.
- Washington Place3 min awayThe house where Queen Liliuokalani lived after the overthrow, and afterwards the governor residence.
- Capitol Modern4 min awayThe state art museum, in a 1920s building beside the capitol, free to walk into.
- Hawaiian Mission Houses4 min awayThe oldest standing Western houses in Hawaii, with the print shop that produced the first Hawaiian-language type.