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Little Beach

Little Beach from directly overhead

Little Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻuōlaʻi, a peak 0.2 miles away.

Clothing optional beach

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates20.63488, -156.45173

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Beaches: 34
Attractions: 30
  • Turtle Arches: 1.3 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 1.8 mi
  • Turtle Town: 3.1 mi
  • Makena Stables: 3.1 mi
  • Hanamanioa Point Light: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Twin Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Laperouse Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Whale Statue: 6.7 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 9.3 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 12.5 mi
  • Nuu: 17.4 mi
Springs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Little Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE3,055 m13.9 mi
KolekoleENE3,052 m13.6 mi
Magnetic PeakENE3,052 m13.9 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE3,006 m14.1 mi
KilohanaENE2,906 m15.0 mi
KalepeamoaENE2,768 m11.8 mi
KanahauENE2,660 m11.0 mi
PuʻualiʻiENE2,452 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0818:38
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1917:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727172747577787878777573
Precip in2.51.32.00.81.10.40.81.21.11.61.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Makena Golf Course 249.1, under a mile away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Makena, HI, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/45054906

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