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Artist’s rendering from above: the two new softball fields at Sand Island, with the harbor, the ocean and Diamond Head behind.Artist’s rendering · Fields 1 & 2 after the rebuild

Sand Island State Recreation Area

Mauliola Sports Complex

The place

“Breath of life.”

Mauliola means “breath of life,” or “the power of healing.” The Honolulu City Council named the area Mauliola in February 2025, and the Hawaiʻi Board on Geographic Names approved the name on February 13, 2026.

Hawaii Softball Foundation leases the complex from the State of Hawaiʻi (DLNR State Parks) and is responsible for building, running and maintaining it. The state and the city do not pay for its upkeep. Teams and groups register with HSF to use the fields, and the field calendar is the public record of who uses them.

The fields

Six fields, numbered

Map of the Mauliola Sports ComplexSand Island Parkway runs along the top. On the west is the four-field quad, Fields 3 to 6. The parking lots sit in the middle. On the east are Field 2 and Field 1, side by side, with their home plates toward the parkway and the booths and plaza between them. The ocean is to the south.OceanSAND ISLAND PARKWAYFIELDS 3–6the quadPARKING21booths+ plaza
Not to scale · drawn from the engineer’s site plans (C100, A101)Dots show today: orange practice · white game · green open · brown closed
  • Field 1 · stadium field

    Coming back new

    Fields 1 and 2 are the two oldest at Mauliola. They are rebuilt from the ground up through Kūlia I Ka Nuʻu: new backstops, dugouts, batting cages, scorekeeper booths, scoreboards, bleachers, fencing and walkways.

    Today: — · Not on the calendar yet

  • Field 2 · stadium field

    Next to be rebuilt

    Fields 1 and 2 are the two oldest at Mauliola. They are rebuilt from the ground up through Kūlia I Ka Nuʻu: new backstops, dugouts, batting cages, scorekeeper booths, scoreboards, bleachers, fencing and walkways.

    Today: Closed · Next to be rebuilt

  • Fields 3 to 6 · the quad

    Rebuilt in 2021

    The four-field quad is where most practices and games happen today.

    F3 — · F4 — · F5 — · F6 — today

    Today, field by field ›

Now and next

What comes to Mauliola

  • The softball quad (Fields 3–6) gets its name · at an opening day in 2028
  • The two stadium softball fields (Fields 1 and 2) · rebuilt through Kūlia I Ka Nuʻu
  • A practice grass area for soccer · 2029
  • A beach volleyball complex · 2031

From Jon’s plan for the complex (September 2025).

Kūlia I Ka Nuʻu: the plan for Fields 1 and 2 ›

Did you know

The history of the area

The six fields were built by the community in 1998. Hawaii Softball Foundation has cared for them since 2010 and has run them since 2012.

Getting here

Directions

Mauliola Sports Complex
Sand Island State Recreation Area
Sand Island Parkway, Honolulu, HI 96819

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From Nimitz Highway, take Sand Island Access Road onto Sand Island and follow Sand Island Parkway into the state recreation area. The fields sit beside the parking lots.

Rent a field

Use the fields

Teams, schools and groups register with HSF to use the fields. Check the calendar for open fields, then send a request; HSF confirms it by email.

Open today: none.

Request a fieldSee the calendar