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Botanical Gardens University of Hawai'i Hilo

Botanical Gardens University of Hawai'i Hilo from directly overhead

Botanical Gardens University of Hawai'i Hilo is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Puʻukaupakuhale stands 3,076 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hale Kanilehua, a park 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
University of Hawai'i

How to reach it

Coordinates19.70252, -155.08231

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Cliffs: 26
  • 'I'ilewa Crater: 19.9 mi
  • Kahōlua O Kahawali Crater: 19.9 mi
  • Fissure 8 spatter cone: 20.1 mi
  • Kahuwai Crater: 20.5 mi
  • Puʻulena Crater: 20.6 mi
Attractions: 22
Waterfalls: 16
  • Rainbow Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Peʻepeʻe Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Lower Waiʻale Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Kulaniapia Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Waiʻale Falls: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Springs: 10
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.0 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.0 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.1 mi
  • Waiākea-Uka Springs: 6.0 mi
  • ʻŌlaʻa Flume Spring: 6.7 mi
Museums: 9
Beaches: 4
  • Honoli‘i Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Ha'ena Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Black Sand Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Kehena Beach: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Botanical Gardens University of Hawai'i Hilo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻukaupakuhaleWNW 287°3,076 m22.1 mi
PuʻuholeiWNW 299°2,795 m22.4 mi
PuʻukawaiwaiWNW 292°2,773 m21.3 mi
PuʻuʻulaʻuluaWNW 294°2,696 m21.3 mi
PuʻukoleW 278°2,688.72 m22.1 mi
PuʻukahinahinaWNW 291°2,613 m20.4 mi
PuʻupalaoleloW 281°2,586 m21.4 mi
PuʻuloaWNW 283°2,381 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2518:0318:32
June solstice05:4318:3119:03
September equinox06:1017:4918:18
December solstice06:5117:1517:47

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717172737475767777767472
Precip in7.910.212.79.47.07.39.211.38.710.214.412.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hilo Intl AP 87, 3 mi away.

  • Saffron Finch254 obs
  • Hawaiian Goose235 obs
  • Pacific Golden-Plover209 obs
  • Gold Dust Day Gecko208 obs
  • Brown Anole154 obs
  • Muscovy Duck143 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron134 obs
  • Common Myna117 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/472843941

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