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Hilo Nursery Arboretum

Hilo Nursery Arboretum from directly overhead

Hilo Nursery Arboretum is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Puʻukaupakuhale stands 3,076 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lokahi Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Department of Forestry & Wildlife
Access
Permitted
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates19.70553, -155.07368
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Cliffs: 20
  • Kahōlua O Kahawali Crater: 19.7 mi
  • 'I'ilewa Crater: 19.9 mi
  • Fissure 8 spatter cone: 20.0 mi
  • Kahuwai Crater: 20.4 mi
  • Puʻulena Crater: 20.5 mi
Attractions: 19
Waterfalls: 16
  • Rainbow Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Peʻepeʻe Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Kulaniapia Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Waiʻale Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Waiʻale Falls: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
Springs: 10
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.5 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.5 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.5 mi
  • Waiākea-Uka Springs: 6.5 mi
  • ʻŌlaʻa Flume Spring: 7.3 mi
Museums: 9
Beaches: 4
  • Honoli‘i Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Ha'ena Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Black Sand Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Kehena Beach: 23.5 mi
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Hilo Nursery Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻukaupakuhaleWNW 286°3,076 m22.6 mi
PuʻuholeiWNW 298°2,795 m22.8 mi
PuʻukawaiwaiWNW 291°2,773 m21.8 mi
PuʻuʻulaʻuluaWNW 293°2,696 m21.7 mi
PuʻukoleW 277°2,688.72 m22.7 mi
PuʻukahinahinaWNW 290°2,613 m20.9 mi
PuʻupalaoleloW 280°2,586 m21.9 mi
PuʻuloaWNW 282°2,381 m20.4 mi
Conditions

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Hawaiian Goose442 obs
  • Saffron Finch405 obs
  • Pacific Golden-Plover358 obs
  • Gold Dust Day Gecko257 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron229 obs
  • Common Myna170 obs
  • Wandering Tattler166 obs
  • Brown Anole158 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1329184778

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