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Laupāhoehoe

Laupāhoehoe from directly overhead

Laupāhoehoe is a ghost town in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Mauna Kea stands 4,205 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Laupahoehoe Train Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

human settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates19.98472, -155.23611

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 35
  • Laupāhoehoe Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Waikamaulo Park: 6.0 mi
  • Hakalau Veterans Park: 9.9 mi
  • Kolekole Beach Park: 10.4 mi
  • frog rock: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 20
Springs: 14
  • Wailepua Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Kapehu Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Kapehu Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Waterhole Spring: 19.9 mi
  • ʻŌlaʻa Flume Spring: 20.1 mi
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 7
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Honoli‘i Beach: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Laupāhoehoe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mauna KeaSW 233°4,205 m18.9 mi
PuʻukeaSW 234°4,173 m18.7 mi
PuʻuhauʻokiSW 234°4,160 m18.9 mi
PuʻuhaukeaSW 232°4,098 m19.4 mi
PuʻumāhoeSW 235°4,004 m17.8 mi
PuʻulīlīnoeSW 230°3,959.45 m18.9 mi
PuʻupoepoeSW 233°3,855 m17.1 mi
PuʻualaSW 234°3,844 m16.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2618:0418:33
June solstice05:4318:3219:04
September equinox06:1117:4918:18
December solstice06:5217:1517:48

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F696869707272737474737270
Precip in10.412.617.314.67.86.512.016.87.311.016.215.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kihalani 132.5, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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