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Kahanu Gardens

Kahanu Gardens from directly overhead

Kahanu Gardens is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Hanakauhi stands 2,697 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Kahanu Garden enterence, a garden 0.4 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates20.80499, -156.03835

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 21
  • Hana Lava Tubes: 1.4 mi
  • Hana Lava Tube: 1.5 mi
  • Blowhole: 2.7 mi
  • Blowhole: 3.0 mi
  • Fagan's Cross: 4.5 mi
Parks: 18
Waterfalls: 18
  • Hanawi Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Waiokilo Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 14
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 5
Artworks: 2
  • Sun Mei: 23.3 mi
  • Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 23.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Kahanu Garden enterence: 0.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • Hana Cultural Center and Museum: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ke’anae Arboretum: 8.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Kahanu Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HanakauhiWSW 242°2,697 m10.3 mi
LauʻuluSW 234°2,515 m8.8 mi
HaleakalāSW 231°2,502 m11.3 mi
KumuʻiliahiWSW 236°2,479 m12.9 mi
PuʻuomāuiWSW 243°2,477 m13.1 mi
PōhakupālahaSW 232°2,466 m8.4 mi
PuʻuopeleWSW 241°2,466 m13.5 mi
MaunahinaWSW 241°2,453 m10.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0718:36
June solstice05:4518:3719:09
September equinox06:1417:5218:22
December solstice06:5717:1617:49

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717172737476767776767573
Precip in5.65.48.55.05.44.45.56.06.16.96.66.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hana AP 355, 2 mi away.

  • Hawaiian Garden Spider28 obs
  • thatch screwpine21 obs
  • Reholttumia hudsoniana18 obs
  • Bitter Melon12 obs
  • American Cockroach11 obs
  • African tulip tree9 obs
  • laurel dodder8 obs
  • incised halberd fern8 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000300OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/358043011

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