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Ford Island, Honolulu — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ford Island is an islet in the center of Pearl Harbor, on Oahu in Hawaii, holding the USS Arizona Memorial and the battleship USS Missouri.
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Where to stay in Ford Island
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No visitor beds sit here. Ford Island lies inside Pearl Harbor and reaches the public through its memorial sites, which leaves Honolulu and the wider stretch of Oahu to supply the rooms for anyone coming to see the USS Arizona Memorial. Pearl Harbor surrounds it entirely.
A stay planned around the USS Missouri and the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor works from a base in the city rather than on the islet itself.
Few places to stay in Ford Island — most visitors book in Honolulu nearby.
About Ford Island
What are the main landmarks in Ford Island?
Three names carry the islet. The USS Arizona Memorial, the battleship USS Missouri and the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor are the sites recorded on Ford Island, standing on ground the United States Navy enlarged with fill dredged from Pearl Harbor. Visitors reach all three within the same few hundred acres.
What is the history of Ford Island?
The islet has answered to several names. Ford Island was surveyed at 334 acres in 1825 and carried the names Rabbit Island, Marín's Island and Little Goats Island alongside its Hawaiian name, Mokuʻumeʻume. Fill changed the shape.
During the 1930s the United States Navy dredged Pearl Harbor to deepen it and pushed the island out to 441 acres with the spoil.
Where is Ford Island?
Ford Island sits in the center of Pearl Harbor on Oahu, in Hawaii, an islet enlarged to 441 acres by fill dredged from the harbor around it.
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What is the best area to stay in Ford Island?
Honolulu: trips crossing to Ford Island for a day and sleeping on Oahu.
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Updated September 2026