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Palauea Beach

Palauea Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Palauea Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The story

Beach in Maui County, Hawaii, United States.

Wikidata Q49322434, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.67073, -156.44296

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Palauea Beach Park: 0.1 mi
  • Polo Beach Park: 0.3 mi
  • Po'olenalena Beach Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wailea Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Makena Landing Beach Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 38
Attractions: 31
  • Turtle Town: 0.6 mi
  • Turtle Arches: 1.3 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 4.0 mi
  • Maui Wave Riders: 4.1 mi
  • Makena Stables: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Twin Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • Whale Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Laperouse Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 6.8 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 14.0 mi
  • Pihana Heiau: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Palauea Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE3,055 m12.6 mi
KolekoleENE3,052 m12.3 mi
Magnetic PeakENE3,052 m12.7 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE3,006 m12.8 mi
KilohanaENE2,906 m13.6 mi
KalepeamoaE2,768 m10.6 mi
KanahauE2,660 m9.8 mi
PuʻuoiliENE2,222 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0818:37
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1817:51

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, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Makena, HI, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/451656342

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