Red Sand Beach
Red Sand Beach is a beach in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Haupaʻakea Peak stands 2,788 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaʻuiki Head, a peak 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kaʻuiki Head: 0.1 mi
- Puʻuokahaula: 0.9 mi
- Kaiwiopele: 1.6 mi
- Puʻukolo: 1.6 mi
- Helani: 1.7 mi
- Fagan's Cross: 0.9 mi
- Blowhole: 2.4 mi
- Blowhole: 2.7 mi
- Hana Lava Tube: 3.7 mi
- Hana Lava Tubes: 3.8 mi
- Waihi‘umalu Falls: 5.4 mi
- Kanahuali‘i Falls: 5.5 mi
- Kekuapo‘owai Falls: 5.7 mi
- Wailua Falls: 5.7 mi
- Waimoku Falls: 7.0 mi
- Hana Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Hana Ball Park: 0.2 mi
- Paani Mai Park: 0.7 mi
- Waiʻānapanapa State Park: 2.6 mi
- Kīpahulu Point Park: 8.5 mi
- Hanawī Springs: 9.0 mi
- Big Spring: 9.1 mi
- Waihī Spring: 9.3 mi
- Pali Spring: 9.5 mi
- Paʻanene Spring: 10.9 mi
- Hana Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Waikoloa Beach: 0.7 mi
- Lehoʻula Beach: 1.4 mi
- Kōkī Beach: 1.7 mi
- Hamoa beach: 2.4 mi
- Fagan's Cross: 0.9 mi
- Ohala Heiau: 2.2 mi
- Honokalani Cemetary: 2.8 mi
- Nāhiku Rubber Company: 8.9 mi
- Nuu: 15.6 mi
- Kahanu Garden enterence: 4.8 mi
- Kahanu Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Hana Cultural Center and Museum: 0.4 mi
- Ke’anae Arboretum: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Red Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haupaʻakea Peak | WSW 257° | 2,788 m | 16.1 mi |
| Hanakauhi | W 265° | 2,697 m | 12.8 mi |
| Lauʻulu | W 262° | 2,515 m | 10.9 mi |
| Haleakalā | WSW 254° | 2,502 m | 12.9 mi |
| Kamaʻoliʻi | W 261° | 2,490 m | 16.1 mi |
| Kumuʻiliahi | WSW 256° | 2,479 m | 14.8 mi |
| Puʻuomāui | W 261° | 2,477 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pōhakupālaha | W 261° | 2,466 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:06 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:52 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 17:16 | 17:49 |
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 | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 76 | 75 | 73 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hana AP 355, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Hana, HI, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44994051
Day trips start here
- Haleakalā National Park · 12 mi
- Maui · 23 mi
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