Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden
Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Puʻumāhoe stands 4,004 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kū, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kānoa: 2.0 mi
- Kaʻuku: 4.4 mi
- Hālaʻi: 6.3 mi
- Puʻuhonu: 6.5 mi
- Kupapaʻu Hill: 6.7 mi
- Honomu Park: 4.3 mi
- Kaiwiki Park: 4.8 mi
- Kolekole Beach Park: 5.4 mi
- Clem Akina Park: 5.5 mi
- Kaipalaoa Park: 5.6 mi
- Onomea Waterfall: 0.2 mi
- Kawainui Falls: 1.0 mi
- Wai‘alae Falls: 3.4 mi
- ʻAkaka Falls: 5.1 mi
- Kahuna Falls: 5.1 mi
- Dan J. Lutkenhouse: 0.2 mi
- Naha Stone: 5.8 mi
- Kamehameha: 6.1 mi
- Tsunami Clock Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Kaūmana Springs: 6.5 mi
- Kaūmana Springs: 6.6 mi
- Kaūmana Springs: 6.6 mi
- Wailepua Spring: 7.0 mi
- Kapehu Springs: 8.1 mi
- Onomea Museum: 0.2 mi
- Kenyan K. Beale Community Robotics Center: 5.6 mi
- Pacific Tsunami Museum: 5.7 mi
- East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center: 5.8 mi
- Lyman Museum: 5.9 mi
- Skyline Eco Adventures: 4.6 mi
- Boiling Pots: 6.8 mi
- Kaumana Caves: 8.7 mi
- Macadamia Nut Visitor Center: 11.8 mi
- Laupahoehoe Point Tsunami Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Hilo Nursery Arboretum: 7.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens University of Hawai'i Hilo: 7.3 mi
- 'Imiloa Garden: 7.5 mi
- Honoli‘i Beach: 3.6 mi
- Ha'ena Beach: 13.5 mi
- Waiakea: 9.2 mi
- Laupāhoehoe: 15.3 mi
- Kū: 0.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻumāhoe | W 275° | 4,004 m | 23.9 mi |
| Puʻulīlīnoe | W 270° | 3,959.45 m | 23.7 mi |
| Puʻupoepoe | W 275° | 3,855 m | 22.9 mi |
| Puʻuala | W 276° | 3,844 m | 22.9 mi |
| Puʻumākanaka | W 276° | 3,779 m | 21.9 mi |
| Puʻuhoaka | W 278° | 3,682 m | 22.4 mi |
| Red Hill | W 278° | 3,608 m | 21.4 mi |
| Puʻukeoneheheʻe | W 266° | 3,514 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:25 | 18:03 | 18:32 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| September equinox | 06:10 | 17:49 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 17:15 | 17:47 |
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 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 |
| Precip in | 7.9 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 14.4 | 12.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hilo Intl AP 87, 7 mi away.
- Gold Dust Day Gecko248 obs
- Star of Bethlehem88 obs
- Spanish Shawl70 obs
- chandelier tree62 obs
- Hawaiian Garden Spider58 obs
- Asian Spinybacked Orbweaver58 obs
- Tahitian Prawn54 obs
- Yellow-billed Cardinal47 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1517890735
Day trips start here
- Hilo · 5 mi
- Big Island · 29 mi
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