PÃÂlolo is the name of a valley, stream, and residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States. The area lies approximately four miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu, less than a mile from Diamond Head. Like many of Hawaii's neighborhoods, PÃÂlolo consists of an entire valley. The mauka (mountain-side) of the valley is agricultural in nature. The makai (ocean-side) of the valley ends approximately at Waiûalae Avenue and is densely settled, mostly with single-family homes.
In the Hawaiian land use system, PÃÂlolo is an ûili of the Waikëkë ahupuaûa in moku of Kona (Honolulu).
PÃÂlolo includes the Kaûau Crater, an extinct volcano in the mountains at the back of the valley.
PÃÂlolo Stream runs through the valley before joining Manoa stream to form the MÃÂnoa-PÃÂlolo drainage canal, which flows into the Ala Wai Canal. In the Hawaiian language, pÃÂlolo means "clay".
Jarrett Middle School and PÃÂlolo Elementary School are located in PÃÂlolo.
PÃÂlolo Valley is bordered on the mauka end by the Koûolau Range, to the Koko Head (approximately East) side by Wilhelmina Rise, on the makai end by the neighborhood of Kaimuki, and on the ûEwa (approximately west) side by Waûahila Ridge.