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'Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve

'Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve from directly overhead

'Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve is a nature reserve in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Snorkeling Entry Point, a attraction 0.6 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.61148, -156.42716

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 32
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 0.6 mi
  • Makena Stables: 0.8 mi
  • Hanamanioa Point Light: 2.2 mi
  • Turtle Arches: 2.9 mi
  • Turtle Town: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Laperouse Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Whale Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 13.5 mi
  • Nuu: 15.8 mi
Springs: 9
Nature reserves: 4
  • Lihau Natural Area Reserve: 19.8 mi
  • West Maui Natural Area Reserve: 22.6 mi
  • Honokowai Natural Area Reserve: 23.3 mi
  • Ke’anae Arboretum: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of 'Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE 59°3,055 m13.2 mi
KolekoleENE 59°3,052.44 m12.9 mi
Magnetic PeakENE 60°3,052 m13.2 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE 58°3,006 m13.5 mi
KilohanaENE 56°2,906 m14.4 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakENE 65°2,788 m14.5 mi
KalepeamoaENE 58°2,768 m11.1 mi
KanahauENE 58°2,660 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0818:37
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1817:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727172747577787878777573
Precip in2.51.32.00.81.10.40.81.21.11.61.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Makena Golf Course 249.1, 2 mi away.

  • Yellow Tang98 obs
  • Madagascar Periwinkle87 obs
  • Black Triggerfish70 obs
  • Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish60 obs
  • Hawaiian Convict Surgeonfish60 obs
  • Redlip Parrotfish59 obs
  • Red Pencil Urchin58 obs
  • Noni56 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/586574053

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