James Kealoha Beach, Public beach park in Hilo, Hawaii.

James Kealoha Beach is a public beach park in Hilo with a rocky shoreline broken up by pockets of white sand. A protected basin on the eastern side creates calm conditions suitable for swimming and snorkeling.

The beach was named after James Kealoha, who served as Hawaii's first Lieutenant Governor. The naming reflects the political landscape of Hawaii's early statehood period.

Edith Kanakaʻole, the Hilo-born kumu hula and composer, wrote the 1979 song "Na Pana Kaulana o Keaukaha" ("Famous Places of Keaukaha"), which names this beach among the celebrated sites of the district. The park is also called Carlsmith Park after the family that once managed its eastern end, and the offshore islet is known as Scout Island, or Mahikea, from its days as a Keaukaha camping spot and Big Island boy scout destination.

The park has showers, restrooms, and picnic areas for visitors. Food trucks set up on weekends to serve local food specialties like shave ice.

Offshore lies Scout Island, called Mahikea locally and Pe'ewe in 'Olelo Hawai'i, after the drupe shells once gathered there. The 1946 tsunami shortened its seaward end. It was a summer campsite for Keaukaha residents and a destination for Big Island Boy Scouts, which gave it its English name.