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Fort Kamehameha Beach

Fort Kamehameha Beach from directly overhead

Fort Kamehameha Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Jackson (historical), a historic site 0.2 miles away.

The story

beach in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States

Wikidata Q49320732, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
02 m

How to reach it

Coordinates21.31737, -157.95861

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Hickam Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Kapilina Beach Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kapilina Lagoon Park: 1.3 mi
  • Kapilina Dog Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wela Loop Park: 2.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Beaches: 59
Gardens: 36
Artworks: 20
Springs: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Puehuehu: 6.6 mi
  • Waikahalulu Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Kapena Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Aihualama Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Waipuhia Falls: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Lighthouses: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 19.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Fort Kamehameha Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)ENE 76°960 m11.3 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)ENE 77°946 m11.2 mi
PuʻukauaNW 314°940 m12.4 mi
PalikeaNW 306°938 m11.3 mi
PuʻuhapapaNW 318°879 m14.0 mi
PuʻulanihuliENE 70°848 m10.4 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniENE 60°847 m9.9 mi
MaunakapuNW 304°843 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:1418:44
June solstice05:5118:4519:17
September equinox06:2118:0018:29
December solstice07:0617:2317:56

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F747475777880828282807876
Precip in1.81.92.40.80.80.50.50.80.91.52.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Honolulu Intl AP, 1 mi away.

Mean tidal range 1.3 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Pearl Harbor Entrance, Bishop Point, HI, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1256561089

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