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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: 40
  • Po'Olenalena Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Polo Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Po'olenalena Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Wailea Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Chang's Beach: 0.8 mi
Attractions: 37
  • 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: 13
  • 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 13.7 miles of Palauea Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE 77°3,055 m12.6 mi
KolekoleENE 78°3,052.44 m12.3 mi
Magnetic PeakENE 78°3,052 m12.7 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE 77°3,006 m12.8 mi
KilohanaENE 73°2,906 m13.6 mi
KalepeamoaE 80°2,768 m10.6 mi
KanahauE 82°2,660 m9.8 mi
KāhuaE 88°2,174 m11.0 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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/451656342

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