Pa Launa
Pa Launa is a garden in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the south-southeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Kahua Kuou, a garden 0.1 miles away.
Tropical American plants
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden: 0.4 mi
- Likeke Falls: 1.4 mi
- Kāneʻohe District Park: 1.6 mi
- Souza Dairy Park: 1.8 mi
- Kaneohe Community Park: 2.0 mi
- Puʻukahuauli: 1.1 mi
- Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulani: 1.1 mi
- Puʻunukohe: 1.2 mi
- Maunakapu: 1.2 mi
- Puʻukeahiakahoe: 1.2 mi
- Ha'iku Stairs (Stairway to Heaven): 1.2 mi
- Start Stairway to heaven: 1.8 mi
- Judd Trail: 3.0 mi
- Manoa Chocolate Company: 4.3 mi
- Moanalua Valley Trail Start (Kulana'ahane): 4.7 mi
- Cenotaph for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: 1.3 mi
- Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery: 1.3 mi
- Kaniakapūpū Ruins: 2.5 mi
- Harold Lyon Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. - The Founder of Modern Baseball: 5.1 mi
- Kailua Beach: 4.6 mi
- Kailua Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lanikai Beach: 6.0 mi
- North Beach: 6.1 mi
- Ala Moana Beach: 7.3 mi
- Kahua Kuou: 0.1 mi
- Kahua Lehua: 0.3 mi
- Kahua Kukui: 0.4 mi
- Kakui Hau: 0.5 mi
- Kahua Nui: 0.6 mi
- Island Glassworks: 4.3 mi
- Hoʻokahi: 5.6 mi
- Mākaʻa: 5.8 mi
- The Fourth Sign: 6.0 mi
- Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal: 6.1 mi
- Queen Emma Summer Palace: 4.1 mi
- The Liljestrand House: 4.6 mi
- Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: 5.5 mi
- John Young Museum of Art: 6.2 mi
- Washington Place: 6.2 mi
- Kāneʻohe Forest Reserve: 1.3 mi
- Kaneohe Forest Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Honolulu Forest Reserve: 3.3 mi
- He'eia State Park: 3.8 mi
- Round Top Forest Reserve: 3.9 mi
- Keaʻahala Spring: 1.1 mi
- ʻĀlewa Heights Spring: 2.7 mi
- Waʻaloa Spring: 3.8 mi
- Booth Spring: 3.9 mi
- Kahuawai Spring: 4.0 mi
- Waipuhia Falls: 1.5 mi
- Likeke Falls: 1.6 mi
- Lulumahu Falls: 2.7 mi
- Manoa Falls: 3.1 mi
- Aihualama Falls: 3.3 mi
- Punchbowl Crater: 5.7 mi
- Kuilei Cliffs: 8.9 mi
- Nonoula: 10.9 mi
- Diamond Head Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Makapu'u Point Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Makapuʻu Meadows: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Pa Launa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kōnāhuanui (K1) | SSE 147° | 960 m | 2.4 mi |
| Kōnāhuanui (K2) | SSE 152° | 946 m | 2.6 mi |
| Puʻulanihuli | S 179° | 848 m | 1.2 mi |
| Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulani | W 276° | 847 m | 1.1 mi |
| Puʻukeahiakahoe | WNW 300° | 841 m | 1.2 mi |
| Puʻukahuauli | W 264° | 830 m | 1.1 mi |
| Maunakapu | WNW 288° | 829 m | 1.2 mi |
| Puʻukaʻaumakua | NW 324° | 817 m | 9.8 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 | 17:22 | 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 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 74 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 6.0 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kaneohe 838.1, 3 mi away.
- Red Button Ginger170 obs
- White-rumped Shama144 obs
- Small Indian Mongoose123 obs
- Red-crested Cardinal121 obs
- Trailing Daisy110 obs
- Zebra Dove109 obs
- Red Junglefowl108 obs
- Muscovy Duck107 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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