Papakōlea Beach
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Papakōlea Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of -3 m. Puʻuʻokeʻokeʻo stands 2,096 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Sand Beach, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Papakōlea Beach (also known as Green Sand Beach or Mahana Beach) is a green sand beach located near South Point, in the Kaʻū district of the island of Hawaiʻi. It is one of only two green sand beaches in the world, the other being Punta Cormorant on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Islands It gets its distinctive coloring from olivine sand eroded out of the enclosing volcanic cone (tuff ring).
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Wikidata Q7132406, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Step-free access
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How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Puāuāomahana: 0.1 mi
- Puʻumauʻu: 0.5 mi
- Puʻuʻulaʻula: 0.9 mi
- Puʻuhuluhulu: 2.4 mi
- Puʻualiʻi: 2.7 mi
- Hāʻao Springs: 10.6 mi
- Hāʻao Springs: 10.6 mi
- Hāʻao Springs: 10.6 mi
- Portuguese Springs: 12.0 mi
- Kāwā Spring: 14.4 mi
- Green Sand Beach: 0.0 mi
- sea arch: 0.9 mi
- Lua Mākālei: 2.1 mi
- Cliff Jump: 2.8 mi
- Big Island Farm Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
- South Point Complex: 2.0 mi
- Mark Twain's Monkeypod Tree: 9.3 mi
- Kamilo: 3.8 mi
- Punalu'u Black Sand Beach: 16.6 mi
- Naalehu Park: 9.5 mi
- Miloli'i Beach Park: 24.1 mi
- Honuapo: 12.3 mi
- The Great Crack: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Papakōlea Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻuʻokeʻokeʻo | NNW 342° | 2,096 m | 20.2 mi |
| Keau | NNW 341° | 1,988 m | 19.6 mi |
| Kapoalaala | NNW 341° | 1,879 m | 18.5 mi |
| Puu Ohohia | NNW 336° | 1,696 m | 18.7 mi |
| Ihuanu | NNW 340° | 1,614 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pōhakuloa | NNW 333° | 1,488 m | 17.9 mi |
| Makaālia | N 10° | 1,307 m | 17.7 mi |
| Kaiholena | NNE 14° | 1,159 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:27 | 18:05 | 18:34 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 18:32 | 19:03 |
| September equinox | 06:12 | 17:51 | 18:20 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 17:19 | 17:51 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 69 | 69 | 68 | 66 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Kona 2 2.32, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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