Foster Botanical Garden
Foster Botanical Garden is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Buddah: 0.0 mi
- Foster Mansion Driveway Lamp: 0.1 mi
- Dr Sun Yat-sen: 0.3 mi
- Confucius (551-479 BC): 0.4 mi
- Eternal Flame: 0.6 mi
- Lili'uokalani Botanical Garden: 0.2 mi
- Kapena Falls Trailhead: 0.9 mi
- Paradise Pedals Hawaii: 1.6 mi
- Aloha Sails Waikiki: 2.3 mi
- Island Splash Tours: 2.6 mi
- Beretania Community Park: 0.3 mi
- Kamāmalu Playground: 0.3 mi
- Kamalii Mini Park: 0.4 mi
- Aala Park: 0.4 mi
- Kawananakoa Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
- Rocky Hill: 2.3 mi
- Round Top: 2.3 mi
- Puʻukākea: 2.6 mi
- Puʻukapu: 3.0 mi
- Tantalus: 3.0 mi
- Ala Moana Beach: 2.0 mi
- Magic Island lagoon: 2.4 mi
- Waikīkī Beach: 3.6 mi
- Queen Kapi'olani Beach: 4.0 mi
- Kaimana beach: 4.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
- Heleconias and Gingers: 0.0 mi
- Prehistoric Glen: 0.0 mi
- Upper Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Lyon Orchid Garden: 0.1 mi
- Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal: 0.3 mi
- Queen Lili'uokalani Statue: 0.7 mi
- Patsy Mink: 0.8 mi
- Sky Gate: 0.8 mi
- Kakaako Street Art: 1.2 mi
- Capitol Modern: 0.5 mi
- Washington Place: 0.5 mi
- King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center: 0.8 mi
- Hawaii Mission Houses Museum: 0.9 mi
- Honolulu Police Department Museum: 1.0 mi
- Round Top Forest Reserve: 3.7 mi
- Honolulu Forest Reserve: 4.1 mi
- Diamond Head State Monument: 5.1 mi
- Kāneʻohe Forest Reserve: 6.4 mi
- Kaneohe Forest Reserve: 7.1 mi
- Kunawai Spring: 0.7 mi
- Kaaikahi Spring: 1.5 mi
- Ka puna hou: 2.1 mi
- Kahuawai Spring: 2.2 mi
- Booth Spring: 2.4 mi
- Waikahalulu Falls: 0.3 mi
- Puehuehu: 0.3 mi
- Kapena Falls: 1.0 mi
- Aihualama Falls: 3.7 mi
- Manoa Falls: 4.2 mi
- Punchbowl Crater: 0.8 mi
- Kuilei Cliffs: 5.3 mi
- Nonoula: 10.8 mi
- Diamond Head Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Makapu'u Point Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Makapuʻu Meadows: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Foster Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kōnāhuanui (K1) | ENE 58° | 960 m | 5.4 mi |
| Kōnāhuanui (K2) | ENE 60° | 946 m | 5.1 mi |
| Puʻulanihuli | NE 42° | 848 m | 4.9 mi |
| Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulani | NNE 23° | 847 m | 5.4 mi |
| Puʻukeahiakahoe | NNE 22° | 841 m | 5.9 mi |
| Puʻukahuauli | NNE 25° | 830 m | 5.2 mi |
| Maunakapu | NNE 22° | 829 m | 5.6 mi |
| Puʻukaʻaumakua | NNW 349° | 817 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:14 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:59 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 17:23 | 17:55 |
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 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 73 | 71 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.1 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 9.3 | 12.9 | 15.4 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 14.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2, 4 mi away.
- Zebra Dove348 obs
- Red-crested Cardinal313 obs
- Blue-billed White-Tern294 obs
- Brown Anole281 obs
- Pacific Golden-Plover232 obs
- Common Myna224 obs
- Gold Dust Day Gecko213 obs
- Rock Pigeon195 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.
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