| Waikolu | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Hawaii |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Hawaii |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hawaii |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Maui / Kalawao |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.359 |
| Population As Of: | 2000 |
| Population Total: | 1 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | Hawaii-Aleutian |
| Utc Offset: | -10 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1581 |
| Coordinates: | 21.1525°N -156.9239°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 364703 |
Waikolu Valley, also called Waikola, is on the North Shore of Molokai in Hawaii. Access to this uninhabited valley is currently restricted as it is a partly within the Kalaupapa National Historical Park.
Hawaiians lived along the North Shore of Molokai including Waikolu Valley, cultivating taro and other food crops. These isolated valleys were visited in the summer months when the weather is calmer; in winter, heavy surf renders the beaches inaccessible by outrigger canoe, the islanders' chief form of transportation.
The Native Hawaiian inhabitants were removed in 1865 and 1866 when the leper colony was established on the Kalaupapa Peninsula.[1] Waikolu Valley was where the first leprosy patients were off loaded in 1866. However, the valley was soon abandoned, and the colony was established at Kalawao nearby.