Map of Honolulu - Oahu area, showing travelers where the best hotels and attractions are located. Travel. Home; ... Oahu is the most visited island of the state.

But on official maps, it’s actually officially known as the “Island of Hawaii.” Now the Board on Geographic Names is trying to cut through the confusion — at least in the official record.

Kauai is in the northwest, and the Island of Hawaii is in the southeast, so starting in Kauai and traveling southeast — to Oahu, Maui, and then the Island of Hawaii — makes sense logistically.

Hawaii’s Oahu island is the kind of place where it seems you never meet a visitor who’s been there just once. People visit, then they visit again.