Nāhiku is a small unincorporated community in eastern

Maui The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which ...

, Hawaii. Nāhiku is located along the

Hana Road The Hana Highway (colloquially referred to as The Road to Hana) is a stretch of Hawaii Routes 36 and 360 which connects Kahului to the town of Hana in east Maui. To the east of Kalepa Bridge, the highway continues to Kipahulu as Hawaii Route 3 ...

on the way to

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at . Village has two parts: Upper Nāhiku closer to the road and Lower Nāhiku near the ocean shore. Nāhiku is usually reached by Nāhiku Road coming down from the Hana Road to Opuhano Point on Honolulunui Bay. The wooden bridge to the Nāhiku ocean shore within the last half mile of the road was closed to motor vehicles in 2014. Some Nāhiku residents have been upset at tourist traffic after the area started appearing in

, Hawaii tourism guide books and web sites.

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Unincorporated communities in Maui County, Hawaii Populated places on Maui Unincorporated communities in Hawaii {{Hawaii-stub