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Lyon Arboretum and Botanical Garden

Lyon Arboretum and Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Lyon Arboretum and Botanical Garden is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 166 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the north-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bromeliad Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates21.33338, -157.80339

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Manoa Valley District Park: 1.4 mi
  • PuuUalakala State Park: 1.6 mi
  • Waʻahila Ridge State Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Nuuanu Valley Park: 2.3 mi
  • Kamanele Park: 2.3 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 40
Gardens: 34
  • Bromeliad Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Hawaiian Section: 0.2 mi
  • Economic Section: 0.2 mi
  • Makiki District Park Community Gardens: 3.0 mi
  • Moiliili Japanese Cemetery Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks: 20
Springs: 14
  • Waʻaloa Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Makiki Springs: 1.2 mi
  • Herring Springs: 1.2 mi
  • Booth Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Kahuawai Spring: 1.5 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Aihualama Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Manoa Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Waikaekua waterfall: 1.0 mi
  • Lulumahu Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Waipuhia Falls: 2.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 9.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Lyon Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)NNE 30°960 m2.0 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)NE 35°946 m1.7 mi
PuʻulanihuliN 354°848 m2.5 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNNW 340°847 m4.1 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNNW 343°841 m4.5 mi
PuʻukahuauliNNW 340°830 m3.8 mi
MaunakapuNNW 341°829 m4.3 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNNW 332°817 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1418:43
June solstice05:5118:4519:17
September equinox06:2117:5918:29
December solstice07:0517:2217:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F707070717273747575757371
Precip in10.69.113.712.99.312.915.412.712.212.915.114.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2, under a mile away.

  • Koster's curse593 obs
  • Pinkfringe419 obs
  • Australian Umbrella Tree376 obs
  • White-rumped Shama366 obs
  • king fern350 obs
  • Fiddlewood349 obs
  • Koa334 obs
  • Golden Pothos327 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 site

OpenStreetMap element node/2071060278

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