King Kamehameha Day falls on Tuesday, June 11. The state holiday honors Kamehameha the Great, who united the Hawaiian Islands into one kingdom in 1810. The holiday was first established by Kamehameha V on Dec. 22, 1871.
Here is a roundup of what's open and closed across the state.
State of Hawaii
- All public libraries and support offices will be closed Tuesday.
City and County of Honolulu
- City and County of Honolulu offices will be closed Tuesday.
- TheBus will operate on a state holiday schedule on Tuesday. For schedule information, visit here.
- The Skyline will operate on a state holiday schedule on Tuesday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For rider information, visit here.
- Trash will be collected on Tuesday.
- Transfer stations, convenience centers, H-POWER and the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill will be open Tuesday.
- Parks and botanical gardens are open Tuesday.
- Municipal golf courses are open Tuesday.
- The Honolulu Zoo will be open Tuesday.
- The Neal S. Blaisdell Center box office will be closed Tuesday.
- The People’s Open Markets will not be held Tuesday.
- All satellite city halls and driver licensing centers will be closed Tuesday.
- On-street parking will be free, except for the meters on Kalakaua Avenue along Queen Kapiolani Park, metered parking lots and meters on specific Waikiki streets. View the list of Waikiki streets here.
- Traffic will not be coned for contraflow.
Kauai County
- County of Kauai offices will be closed Tuesday.
- The Kekaha Landfill will be closed Tuesday.
- All neighborhood centers will be closed Tuesday.
- HI5 redemption centers in Kapa‘a and Kīlauea will be open on their regular schedules.
- The Kauai Resource Center in Lihue, including the HI5 redemption center, composting bins, batteries, florescent lights and reuse will be closed Tuesday.
- All refuse transfer stations will be closed Tuesday.
- The Waimea and Kapaa swimming pool will be closed Tuesday.
- Trash pickup schedules will not change for the holiday.
- The Kauai Bus will be operating on its regular schedule on Tuesday.
Maui County
- County of Maui offices will be closed Tuesday.
- Central Maui Landfill and EKO Compost Greenwaste are open 6 a.m. to noon Tuesday. Olowalu Recycling is open from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesday.
- Hana, Lanai and Molokai landfills will be closed Tuesday.
Hawaii County
- County of Hawaii offices will be closed Tuesday.