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Hanakao'o Beach Park

Hanakao'o Beach Park from directly overhead

Hanakao'o Beach Park is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Puʻukukui stands 1,764 m to the east-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ka'anapali Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.91064, -156.68938

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 31
  • Black Rock Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Captain Steve's Rafting: 1.8 mi
  • Captain Woody's Maui: 1.8 mi
  • Hawaiian Rafting Adventures: 1.8 mi
  • Pioneer Mill Co. Smokestack and Locomotives Exhibit: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Moa‘ula: 17.5 mi
  • Hīpuapua Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Haha Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Mo‘oloa Falls: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Hauola Stone: 2.7 mi
  • Brick Palace: 2.7 mi
  • Old Fort: 2.8 mi
  • Maunalei Sugar Co. Locomotive: 9.7 mi
  • Pihana Heiau: 12.8 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 3
  • West Maui Natural Area Reserve: 5.1 mi
  • Honokowai Natural Area Reserve: 6.0 mi
  • Lihau Natural Area Reserve: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Bush: 11.5 mi
  • Lanai Community Garden: 16.3 mi
  • City Nursery: 16.4 mi
Springs: 3
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Hanakao'o Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻukukuiESE 102°1,764 m6.8 mi
Maui KomohanaESE 102°1,764 m6.9 mi
HeluESE 118°1,428 m6.5 mi
HanaʻulaESE 116°1,398 m9.6 mi
LīhauSE 125°1,278 m7.2 mi
HalepōhakuSE 125°1,140 m8.5 mi
PuʻukāneE 97°1,129 m9.3 mi
KeahiʻāloaE 90°1,073 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0918:38
June solstice05:4718:3919:11
September equinox06:1617:5518:24
December solstice07:0017:1917:52

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F707071737476777878767472
Precip in3.42.13.71.71.20.60.80.91.21.92.63.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Puukolii 457.1, 2 mi away.

  • Western Cattle-Egret312 obs
  • Brown Anole300 obs
  • Common Myna277 obs
  • Red-crested Cardinal245 obs
  • Gold Dust Day Gecko170 obs
  • Pacific Golden-Plover162 obs
  • Zebra Dove152 obs
  • House Sparrow144 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/340289519

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