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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
2 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
Peaks
Beaches: 58
Attractions: 58
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 14.1 miles of Fort Kamehameha Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)ENE960 m11.3 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)ENE946 m11.2 mi
PuʻukauaNW940 m12.4 mi
PalikeaNW938 m11.3 mi
PuʻuhapapaNW879 m14.0 mi
PuʻulanihuliENE848 m10.4 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniENE847 m9.9 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeENE841 m10.2 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1256561089

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