Molokai Lighthouse
Molokai Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Puʻuowahaʻula stands 1,462 m to the southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiʻikolu, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Lighthouse in Hawaii, United States.
Dates from 1909.
Wikidata Q6896769, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1909
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kiʻikolu: 0.0 mi
- Puʻuʻuao: 1.3 mi
- ʻAlae: 2.4 mi
- Keōlewa: 2.5 mi
- ʻIliʻilikā: 2.6 mi
- Waipū: 7.4 mi
- ʻOloʻupena: 8.0 mi
- Halawa Beach: 15.4 mi
- Kumimi Beach (20 Mile Beach): 16.1 mi
- Honouli Maloo Bay Beach: 16.3 mi
- Waimanu Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hāloku Falls: 7.9 mi
- ‘Olo‘upena Falls: 8.0 mi
- Pu‘uka‘ōkū Falls: 8.3 mi
- Wailele Falls: 8.4 mi
- Visitors Holding Area: 2.0 mi
- Phallic Rock: 3.4 mi
- Waikolu Lookout: 6.3 mi
- One Ali‘i Park I: 9.6 mi
- Kakahaia Park: 10.3 mi
- Hospital Ruins: 1.7 mi
- Mother Marianne Cope Monument: 1.7 mi
- Father Damien Monument: 1.7 mi
- Cenotaph for Father Damien: 2.6 mi
- ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau: 14.0 mi
- Kauhakō Crater: 1.5 mi
- Kaaloa: 5.4 mi
- Kukuiokanaloa: 5.9 mi
- Pāpaʻa-lā Pali: 7.5 mi
- Kāpapa Pali: 8.3 mi
- Waihi‘i: 3.8 mi
- Kapuna Spring: 4.3 mi
- Waiakāne Spring: 4.5 mi
- Kūapuʻuiki: 12.1 mi
- Lo‘ipūnāwai: 13.6 mi
- Kapuaiwa Grove: 9.0 mi
- Kiowea Beach Park: 9.0 mi
- One Alii Beach Park: 9.2 mi
- D.T. Fleming Park: 25.0 mi
- Hale Malama Museum Collections Storage Facility: 1.5 mi
- Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: 4.3 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse Grounds: 0.1 mi
- Kalawao: 2.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Molokai Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻuowahaʻula | SE 139° | 1,462 m | 9.2 mi |
| Olokuʻi | SE 124° | 1,403 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kaunuohua | SE 141° | 1,379 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pēpēʻōpae | SE 143° | 1,310 m | 7.9 mi |
| Puʻualiʻi | SE 140° | 1,284 m | 7.3 mi |
| Lehuʻula | SE 146° | 1,246 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hanalilolilo | SSE 148° | 1,237 m | 7.1 mi |
| Pōhakuʻulaʻula | ESE 122° | 1,206 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:56 | 18:25 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 17:19 | 17:52 |
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 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 74 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, 9 mi away.
Mean tidal range 1.42 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Kaunakakai, HI, 10 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 82001724OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — U.S. Coast Guard Molokai Light, reference 82001724, listed 03/25/82.
OpenStreetMap element node/4152381700
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