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Waiakea

Waiakea from directly overhead

Waiakea is a ghost town in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Puʻukaupakuhale stands 3,076 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ahualani Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

human settlement in Hawaii, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates19.67560, -155.10300

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 44
  • Ahualani Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waiakea Uka Park: 0.8 mi
  • Machado Acres Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ainaola Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kaumana Lani Neighborhood Park: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • 'I'ilewa Crater: 18.8 mi
  • Fissure 8 spatter cone: 19.5 mi
  • Kahōlua O Kahawali Crater: 19.7 mi
  • Kahuwai Crater: 19.9 mi
  • Puʻulena Crater: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 22
Waterfalls: 16
  • Rainbow Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Peʻepeʻe Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Lower Waiʻale Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Waiʻale Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Kulaniapia Falls: 4.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.7 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.7 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.7 mi
  • Waiākea-Uka Springs: 3.7 mi
  • ʻŌlaʻa Flume Spring: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • King Kamehameha Statue: 3.3 mi
  • Naha Stone: 3.5 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Tsunami Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Kamehameha: 3.6 mi
Museums: 9
Beaches: 4
  • Honoli‘i Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Ha'ena Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Kehena Beach: 22.5 mi
  • Black Sand Beach: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Waiakea. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻukaupakuhaleWNW 292°3,076 m21.4 mi
PuʻukawaiwaiWNW 298°2,773 m20.9 mi
PuʻuʻulaʻuluaWNW 301°2,696 m20.9 mi
PuʻukoleWNW 284°2,688.72 m21.2 mi
PuʻukahinahinaWNW 297°2,613 m19.9 mi
PuʻupalaoleloWNW 287°2,586 m20.6 mi
PuʻuhoakoleiWSW 246°2,437 m21.3 mi
PuʻuloaWNW 289°2,381 m19.1 mi

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 solstice06:5117:1517:48

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F686869697172737473727169
Precip in10.112.915.412.69.69.112.012.811.113.317.814.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hilo 5 S, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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