🌴 About OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
Black Sands Beach is a rural coastal community located between Pāhoa and Kalapana on Hawaiʻi Island. Surrounded by natural beauty and shaped by the unique landscape of the Puna district, the area offers a quieter, more independent way of living.
The land here has been influenced over time by natural forces that continue to shape the island, creating a dynamic environment that residents learn to live with and respect. Today, Black Sands Beach is home to a mix of long-time residents, growing families, and new neighbors choosing a more rural lifestyle.
🌺 Our Community Today
Black Sands Beach is built on connection, adaptability, and shared responsibility. Life here looks a little different than in more urban areas—many residents manage their own water systems, navigate varying road conditions, and rely on one another for information and support.
It’s a place where:
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Families can grow and connect with nature
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Neighbors look out for each other
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Community efforts make a real difference
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Simplicity and independence are part of daily life
🌱 Looking Ahead
As Black Sands Beach continues to grow, the focus remains on strengthening communication, improving shared systems, and supporting a safe and respectful environment for everyone.
Efforts are ongoing to:
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Keep residents informed through this website
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Support reliable mailbox and access systems
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Encourage community involvement and programs
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Maintain and care for shared infrastructure
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Create opportunities for keiki, families, and kūpuna
🤝 A Shared Effort
Black Sands Beach is what its residents make it. Whether you’ve been here for years or are just arriving, your participation, awareness, and respect help shape the future of the community.
Malama Keiki Program
This program is run every school break for one week at Mrs Carrie Kowalaki's home on Molokai St. We do a wide variety of activities! Sports, Chess, Lauhala, Ukulele with Uncle Gilbert, Garden day with Uncle Tim and Aunty Jessika! And friday is always Pizza and Prize day!
Community Garden
Our Community garden on Hilo Street has had such a rewarding transformation, and the fact that the children have planted most of the trees, plants, flowers, herbs makes it more special. We have a lot of little green thumbs lets just say that :) As well as capable of growing their own food and being environmentally conscious! Mahalo to Tim and Jessika for being amazing mentors these children have come to love and count on :)
The garden is always open for residents owners to enjoy. Please be PONO and remember everything has been planted by tiny hands, and we just ask you show respect to the Aina.
E Kua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina Ika Pono O Hawaii.
EVERY FIRST SATURDAY of each month WE MEET AS KEIKI GARDEN CLUB FROM 10AM TO NOON. Planting, Art, Learning, Experiments, Fun! and Building Community while making memories that will keep giving!
Inquiry about getting a box
Billing questions
Key questions
Contact Kasey (community chair and mailbox facilitor)
blacksandsassociation@gmail.com
Before Approval You will need provide:
-Your full legal name (will need matching photo ID)
-Documentation of your TMK:
-With a property tax receipt, deed, etc.
-Name and TMK number must be on document and name must match the name on ID
-Your physical address as assigned by the planning department (example: 12-9999 Maui Street)
COST IS $120 PER YEAR WITH A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
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Mailbox Information
Please Pay your annual road fee if you have not for 2025 yet. Newsletters with reminders for this year come out in the fall. 50 dollars per piece of property is a very small amount considering what other neighborhoods charge, and every payment makes a significant difference in our success with the prices going up so high for Hawaii.
Maintenance of our roads in Black Sands is unavoidable and increasingly expensive. The more contributions we receive, the more improvements you will see on the neighborhood roads.
Tree removal is also becoming more and more necessary as invasive species continue to take over our many forested, unoccupied lots.
Your annual fees pay for:
-Potholes patched throughout our main subdivision roads.
-Mowing and maintenance of the easement/shoulders of our main roads and additional roads when possible. Any project requires materials, delivery, and labor.
Please cooperate and help by keeping your vehicles and opala (trash) on your property, not in the road easement.
