Diamond Head Lighthouse
Diamond Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Hawaiʻi, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the north, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
Diamond Head Lighthouse is a United States Coast Guard facility located on Diamond Head in Honolulu, on the island of Oʻahu in the State of Hawaiʻi. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and was featured on a United States postage stamp in June 2007.
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Dates from 1898.
Wikidata Q5270818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1917
- Height
- 17 m
- Elevation
- 24 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Diamond Head Beach Park: 0.2 mi
- Lē'ahi Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Mākālei Beach Park: 0.5 mi
- Fort Ruger Mini Park: 0.9 mi
- Tunnel 407: 0.3 mi
- Amelia Earhart Monument: 0.3 mi
- Fire Control Station Diamond Head: 0.3 mi
- Louise Dillingham Memorial Fountain: 0.8 mi
- Operation Red Wings Monument: 0.8 mi
- Diamond Head: 0.3 mi
- Kaimukī: 1.7 mi
- Waahila: 3.1 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.5 mi
- Round Top: 4.1 mi
- Flamingo: 1.1 mi
- Hippo: 1.1 mi
- KCC Farmers’ Market: 1.1 mi
- Zebra: 1.1 mi
- Crocodile: 1.1 mi
- Cactus Garden: 1.1 mi
- Banyan Tree Garden: 1.9 mi
- Luau Garden: 2.4 mi
- Maile Garden: 2.4 mi
- Moiliili Japanese Cemetery Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Lē'ahi Beach: 0.3 mi
- Mākālei Beach: 0.6 mi
- Cromwell's Beach: 0.8 mi
- Kaimana beach: 0.9 mi
- Queen Kapi'olani Beach: 1.3 mi
- Queen Kapi'olani: 1.2 mi
- Public Art "Surfer on a Wave": 1.3 mi
- Mauka and Kila: 1.4 mi
- Greetings Tour Mural: 1.6 mi
- Princess Kaʻiulani: 1.8 mi
- Shangri La: 0.9 mi
- Damien and Marianne of Molokaʻi Education Center: 1.5 mi
- Lucoral Museum: 1.7 mi
- John Young Museum of Art: 3.0 mi
- Hawaii Children's Discovery Center: 4.3 mi
- Ka puna hou: 3.5 mi
- Mahoe Spring: 3.8 mi
- Herring Springs: 4.7 mi
- Makiki Springs: 5.0 mi
- Kaaikahi Spring: 5.0 mi
- Diamond Head State Monument: 0.6 mi
- Round Top Forest Reserve: 5.2 mi
- Kuliouou Forest Reserve: 6.7 mi
- Honolulu Forest Reserve: 8.9 mi
- Kāneʻohe Forest Reserve: 10.1 mi
- Waikahalulu Falls: 5.3 mi
- Kapena Falls: 5.3 mi
- Puehuehu: 5.4 mi
- Waikaekua waterfall: 5.5 mi
- Aihualama Falls: 5.8 mi
- Kuilei Cliffs: 0.3 mi
- Punchbowl Crater: 4.6 mi
- Nonoula: 7.1 mi
- Makapuʻu Meadows: 10.3 mi
- Makapu'u Point Lighthouse: 10.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Diamond Head Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kōnāhuanui (K1) | N 11° | 960 m | 7.2 mi |
| Kōnāhuanui (K2) | NNE 11° | 946 m | 6.9 mi |
| Puʻulanihuli | N 1° | 848 m | 7.8 mi |
| Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulani | N 354° | 847 m | 9.2 mi |
| Puʻukeahiakahoe | N 354° | 841 m | 9.7 mi |
| Puʻukahuauli | N 354° | 830 m | 9.0 mi |
| Maunakapu | N 354° | 829 m | 9.5 mi |
| Puʻukaʻaumakua | NNW 341° | 817 m | 17.9 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 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:59 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 17:23 | 17:55 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 75 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waikiki 717.2, 1 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.28 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station HONOLULU, HI, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 80001282OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — U.S. Coast Guard Diamond Head Lighthouse, reference 80001282, listed 10/31/80.
OpenStreetMap element way/1254582682
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