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Steaming Bluffs

Steaming Bluffs from directly overhead

Steaming Bluffs is an attraction in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1,193 m. Pohakuʻohanalei stands 3,788 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Steam Vents, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates19.42983, -155.26698
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Kīlauea: 1.2 mi
  • Puʻu Puaʻi: 1.5 mi
  • Kīlauea Iki: 1.7 mi
  • Keanakākoʻi Crater: 2.1 mi
  • Luamanu Crater: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • Kilauea Caldera: 0.5 mi
  • Kilauea Caldera: 0.9 mi
  • Kilauea Caldera: 1.2 mi
  • Kilauea Caldera: 1.5 mi
  • Kīlauea Iki: 1.7 mi
Parks: 28
  • Kurtistown Park: 17.5 mi
  • Waiakea Uka Park: 19.3 mi
  • Shipman Park: 19.8 mi
  • Pana‘ewa Recreational Complex: 20.1 mi
  • Kaimū Black Sand Beach: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 20
Springs: 12
  • Middle Flume Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Waiākea-Uka Springs: 16.7 mi
  • Waterhole Spring: 18.9 mi
  • ʻŌlaʻa Flume Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Kapehu Springs: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Poakana Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Wailoa Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Kauwehu Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Waiʻale Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Lower Waiʻale Falls: 21.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Naha Stone: 23.4 mi
  • King Kamehameha Statue: 23.4 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 23.5 mi
  • Tsunami Memorial: 23.6 mi
  • Kamehameha: 23.6 mi
Museums: 7
Beaches: 3
  • Halapē Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Kehena Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Ha'ena Beach: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Keaoi State Seabird Sanctuary: 11.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Steaming Bluffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PohakuʻohanaleiWNW 285°3,787.5 m19.5 mi
PohakuʻohanaleiWNW 285°3,770 m19.4 mi
2022 active eruption fissureWNW 288°3,593.6 m18.2 mi
Dewey ConeWNW 291°3,477.1 m17.3 mi
PukauahiWNW 293°3,368 m16.6 mi
PuʻuʻeleʻeleW 273°3,208 m16.4 mi
Puʻuʻulaʻula (Red Hill)WNW 298°3,072 m14.6 mi
PuʻuwahiWNW 300°3,026 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2618:0418:33
June solstice05:4518:3119:03
September equinox06:1117:4918:18
December solstice06:5117:1617:49

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595959606263646564646260
Precip in8.88.210.39.26.55.16.35.96.08.210.611.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawaii VOL NP HQ 54, under a mile away.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Apr and May; busiest: Dec.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/582974640

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