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Hilo Coast Railway Flag Pole Base

Hilo Coast Railway Flag Pole Base from directly overhead

Hilo Coast Railway Flag Pole Base is a historic site in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Puʻukaupakuhale stands 3,076 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tsunami Clock Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Built
1926

How to reach it

Coordinates19.72147, -155.06821

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 43
Waterfalls: 16
  • Rainbow Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Wai‘alae Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Peʻepeʻe Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Kulaniapia Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Waiʻale Falls: 4.6 mi
Attractions: 16
Cliffs: 12
  • Kahōlua O Kahawali Crater: 20.3 mi
  • Fissure 8 spatter cone: 20.7 mi
  • 'I'ilewa Crater: 20.8 mi
  • Kahuwai Crater: 21.1 mi
  • Puʻulena Crater: 21.2 mi
Springs: 10
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Kaūmana Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Waiākea-Uka Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Kapehu Springs: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Tsunami Clock Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Tsunami Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Kamehameha: 0.6 mi
  • Vietnam War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • King Kamehameha Statue: 0.7 mi
Museums: 9
Beaches: 4
  • Honoli‘i Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Ha'ena Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Black Sand Beach: 23.4 mi
  • Kehena Beach: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Hilo Coast Railway Flag Pole Base. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻukaupakuhaleWNW 283°3,076 m22.6 mi
PuʻukanakaleonuiWNW 294°2,941 m22.9 mi
PuʻuholeiWNW 295°2,795 m22.6 mi
PuʻukawaiwaiWNW 288°2,773 m21.7 mi
PuʻuʻulaʻuluaWNW 290°2,696 m21.6 mi
PuʻukoleW 274°2,688.72 m22.9 mi
PuʻukahinahinaWNW 287°2,613 m20.8 mi
PuʻupalaoleloW 277°2,586 m22.1 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 solstice06:5117:1517:47

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717172737475767777767472
Precip in7.910.212.79.47.07.39.211.38.710.214.412.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hilo Intl AP 87, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4178849044

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