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Urban Honolulu, HI
Hawaii · Honolulu County · Urban Honolulu Metro
Urban Honolulu is a large city in Hawaii with a population of 346,323. Residents earn $85,428 per year, which is 14% above the national average.
2.7
/5.0
C+
Fair
346,323
Population
5,713/sq mi density
$85,428
Median Income
$48,465 per capita
$834,100
Home Value
$821,679 Zillow
$1,783
Median Rent
32.0% income on rent
75°F
Avg Temperature
345 sunny days/yr
232
Violent Crime/100K
1,045 property/100K
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Overall
2.7 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.4 / 5.0
$85,428 median income, 3.1% unemployment
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Affordability
1.1 / 5.0
$834,100 home value, $1,783/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
232 violent crimes/100K (39% below avg)
A
Education
4.3 / 5.0
40.8% bachelor's degree or higher
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Haunted Places
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Locations with documented reports of paranormal activity and sightings
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Haunted Places Near Urban Honolulu, HI
35 reported haunted locations found near Urban Honolulu, HI.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 'Iolani Palace | A smell of flowers or bubble gum can be smelt around the grounds. Unexplainable shadows and lights seen by security guards. The sounds of foot steps can also be heard. - August 2004 update: (The smell of the bubble gum is actually the blossoms from a tree that grows in the area. In fact, the bubble gum smell isn't just limited to the Iolani Palace grounds, but you can also smell the "bubble gum" over a block away) |
| 842 Bethel Street | This building is now occupied by the City & County of Honolulu. Employees have seen ghost going in the rest room; heard file cabinet doors opening & closing; typewriters typing, someone flipping a newspaper; squeaky office chair and lights flickering. |
| Farrington High School | It is said that the "green room" in the school auditorium is haunted. During World WarII that auditorium was supposedly used as a morgue. Many folks, of several generations, say that the whole school is very haunted. The school also has had a very bad reputation for many generations as well. In the past, it was considered by many to be one of the worst schools. In the late 80's, some people have heard type-writers in one of the then type-writing classrooms and have seen the silhouette of a wh... |
| Hilton Hawaii Village | Believed to be haunted by the volcano goddess. Visitors, house cleaners, and other staff members say that they see a woman in a red dress walk in the hallways, on the beach, and everywhere in between! Some people say that the volcano goddess shows up in other forms such as a young woman, and old woman, a hitch-hiker, and a stranger that comes to your door, among other things and never travels alone. When on the beach, she'll be accompanied by dancers. |
| Honolulu | Waianae,Maili Coralsands - Across Maili 76 Gas Station - It has been told that the beach across the 76 gas station is haunted with animal spirits that were buried for many years since 1980's. You can here howling of dogs and meowing of cats...Even whispers from the ocean of people who died on the pier or in the waters. This beach is well known for a lot of ghostly and sounds activity. Waianae Coast area from Nanakuli to Makaha is also Well known for Hawaiian ancestors hauntings who had settle... |
| Honolulu | Kapolei - Honokahale - Ihilani Resort - It has been heard The 17th floor of the Ihilani Resort is haunted by a ghost who got sick on her vacation while staying there on the 17th floor, she shows up when your asleep, slide doors open & shuts, movement of her floating over you well you are sleeping in any room of the 17th floor. |
| Hwy 1 | It's said to be one of the most haunted places on the island. When they built H-1 digging through the mountain the worker's would see old Hawaiian worriers and would they would scare the workers off. Bones of the old Hawaiian were also found in the mountain. It took over 7 years to build H-1 because they couldn't find workers the Hawaiian people refused to dig any more. It's said that when you go through the tunnel you can hear the cries of the old Hawaiians. |
| Kaka'ako Fire Station | It is said that this fire station is haunted by the ghost of an old man and his dog. One story tells of a man who wanted one of the rocks outside of the fire station for his garden. They let him take it. The man later reported being haunted by an old man and his dog, who showed up at his door, both with no head. The man was told to return the rock he took. When he did, the hauntings stopped. Kaka'ako Fire Station, on Queen Street, is in downtown Honolulu near Kawaihao Church which is on t... |
| Kalihi Valley | There has been reported that if you drive past the bridge entering the forest that you can here a soft sound saying "come here" constantly. while driving you will see a red cross burning while driving at night. It has also been reported your gear in your vehicle will be in neutral while returning. |
| Kamehameha Schools | At night when the moon is full night marchers walk past the campus knocking on doors. You can also hear the drum beating. In the morning the computers are all on, books and papers everywhere. Princess Pauahi has said to control these spirits |
| Kamehameha Schools Dormitories | In one of the boys' dormitories, there have been sightings of a ghost of a Hawaiian lady dressed in the garb of the 1800's. Consequently, the boys who've seen her point out that it's a woman seen in a portrait in that dorm. they may be talking about Princess Pauahi Bishop- the young woman who had Kamehameha Schools built. And, in one of the girls' dormitories, one of the stairwells is haunted by the ghost of a young girl that died in that stairwell. She had very bad asthma and died from an as... |
| Manoa | Paradise Park - Paradise Park is a trail leading into the mountains. It is surrounded by deep foliage on both sides. Many people have reported hearing a Banshee or some other specter screaming on the trail. |
| Manoa | Seven Bridges - It is said that you walk across seven bridges. It is a long and hard hike. On the way back you can only count 6 bridges. |
| Nu'uanu | The Pali Highway - There is an old belief that if you are traveling on the Pali Highway, in the day or night, that you must not have pork in your car. It is believed that your car will stall and will not start again until the pork is taken out of your car. Some locals believe that is the menehune (meh-neh-hoo-neh), mischievous, elflike creatures, that stops you. Others believe it is because Kamapua'a(kah-mah-po-ah-ah), the giant, nine-eyed boar god who lives in the forests of Kaneohe, won't a... |
| Nu'uanu | Old Pali Road - People have seen a huge ghostly white blob moving across the road in front of their vehicles as they drove on this old road to get to the Pali Lookout at night. Many accidents have happened on this road, for there are no street lights and the forestry is very thick, often blocking out the moonlight. |
| Nu'uanu | The Pali Lookout - People have reported seeing the white silhouette of someone among the trees at the Pali Lookout, at night. There have also been reports of the silhouettes of ancient Hawaiian soldiers being thrown off the cliff to your right when one is standing at the actual lookout, looking down at Kaneohe. The Pali Lookout is where King Kamehameha defeated the opposing armies by throwing them off this cliff. He then united all of the Hawaiian islands. What is interesting is that there i... |
| Nu'uanu | Pali Drive's Morgan's Corner - At that area in Morgan's corner, there is a trail near Morgan's corner that looks like a tunnel. At the end of the tunnel there was 3 ghosts walking around there. 2 men and 1 woman. The person doesn't know what happen but at the end of the tunnel somewhere on the wall shows a metal door. And there are also tire marks on the trail. The tunnel is really dark and you need a flashlight in order to see, it is also a long tunnel. |
| Nu'uanu | a condominium across the street from the O'ahu Cemetery- It is said that the ghost of an old Chinese woman haunts this condominium, particularly one specific apartment. |
| Pioneer Plaza | a woman was murdered on the 19th floor. Some say that you can sometimes see a shadowy figure walking across the hallways. |
| Queen's Medical Center | It is said that downstairs, in the morgue area, a lady wearing a red dress can be seen in the stairwell. Sometimes only the lower half of her is seen. This hospital is on the northeast corner of the South Beretania and Punchbowl street intersection, and diagonally across from the Hawai'i State Library, which is on the southwest corner of that intersection. Just next to the library is the Hawai'i State Capitol Building, which is haunted by the ghost of Queen Lili'uokalani. The hospital was nam... |
| Sacred Hearts Academy | The Bell Tower - years ago the school had a bell tower. One day the bell cracked so the faculty sent a man up to fix it. He fell from the roof and landed on the front steps of the school. Rumor says you can see him walking the grounds at night. |
| Sacred Hearts Academy | The Chapel - By the stairs behind the chapel a nun haunts the stairs where she fell down and died. It gets really cold and you can feel a hand brush against you, or breath on your face. |
| Sacred Hearts Academy | The Groundsstudents claim to have seen animals run on the school grounds and suddenly disappear into thin air. |
| Sacred Hearts Academy | The Gym - the gym is known for having a child spirit playing inside the building. She takes out balls and bounces them around. Teachers that have entered the school grounds at night claim to have heard the bouncing of balls echoing in the gym. When you open the doors balls are scattered around the room. |
| State Capitol Building | ghost of Queen Liluokalani haunts this building. & One of the offices in this building is haunted by the ghost of a little boy. |
| Stevenson middle | By the cafeteria there is a tree when you nock on it nocks back. And by the girls bathroom there is a lady that walks up the stairs to room 213 |
| The Dole Cannery Signature Theaters | Built over an ancient Hawaiian Heiau (place of worship and/or human sacrifice). Also in about the early 80's a school bus full of children crashed at the same area where the Heiau was located. The Manifestations in this building are that an old man in his late 50's sits watching you from a top corner seat in theater # 14. Also in the bathroom right next to the theater you can hear the voices of the children and the bus driver. |
| University of Hawaii | Mokihana Dormitory - A young man committed suicide by hanging himself in the closet in the early 1980's. People report hearing and seeing this young man roaming the halls of Mokihana Dorm. |
| Verizon Building | In 1977, during the construction of additions to the then GTE Hawaiian Tel headquarters, a worker fell down the elevator shaft and died. Since then, the elevators act erratically, taking you on "rides". Other ghosts have been seen and heard by operators on the 10th floor. |
| Waikiki / Diamond Head | Diamond Head Tennis Center - there is an angry man, he smells of rotting flesh. He walks back and forth as if he is guarding the area. |
| Waikiki / Diamond Head | Kapiolani Park - The hauntings span about a ten acre area Honolulu Police Department and have answered strange calls there. Men, Women and children were sacrificed there. There were also many warriors who died during this battle; bodies littered the land all the way to the Pali where the losing force was forced off the cliffs. Reports of smell, feel, hear and see ghosts at times, this includes feeling the attitudes of them (good-bad, angry-sad, etc.) |
| Waikiki / Diamond Head | Le Pietra School - when you walk there, it feels as if children are following you. I have had a light but gentle wind blow past me, in the wind I have heard children playing and laughing. I have worked the area for many years and there is no physical reason for this. On the back or mountainside of the school, it feels as if there is some strong willed or minded male watching, like a guard or warrior and it follow you at a distance. |
| Waikiki / Diamond Head | three houses - Reports to Police of children playing in the yards or in the houses. The first house, no one lives there longer than one year and has changed hands on a regular basis. Witnesses found children's footprints in dust on the veranda. Second house, the owner had a break down, she says that children come in to her house and play games with her. She left the water on always in her sinks and baths, she says that it scares the children away. A new owner owns the house now. The third hou... |
| Waikiki Parc Hotel | A worker who recently passed away apparently has been punching in for work. His magnetic punch card has been cancelled, yet the machine still records someone punching in with his card. This has happened on more than one occasion. Strangely, the records only show him punching in. Never punching out. |
| Waikiki Parc Hotel | This is an update to the story of the person punching in and out for work. A new employee at the front desk (who is allegedly able to see spirits) asked the others who the person who hangs out at the time clock is. He had only been there a few days so it was unlikely he knew about the time clock incidents. He was also able to describe the ethnicity of the ghost. The same person also says there is an angry Hawaiian ghost in the electrical room, but no one at the hotel seems to know who this gh... |