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Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden

Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the south-southeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kahua Lehua, a garden 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates21.38731, -157.80147

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Cenotaph for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: 0.9 mi
  • Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery: 0.9 mi
  • Kaniakapūpū Ruins: 2.7 mi
  • Harold Lyon Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau: 5.3 mi
Parks
Peaks
Attractions
  • Ha'iku Stairs (Stairway to Heaven): 1.5 mi
  • Start Stairway to heaven: 2.0 mi
  • Judd Trail: 3.2 mi
  • Manoa Chocolate Company: 3.9 mi
  • Moanalua Valley Trail Start (Kulana'ahane): 5.1 mi
Beaches: 50
Gardens: 36
Artworks: 20
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 10.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)SSE 157°960 m2.2 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)SSE 161°946 m2.5 mi
PuʻulanihuliSSW 197°848 m1.3 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniW 273°847 m1.5 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeWNW 292°841 m1.6 mi
PuʻukahuauliW 264°830 m1.5 mi
MaunakapuWNW 282°829 m1.6 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNW 322°817 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1418:43
June solstice05:5118:4519:17
September equinox06:2117:5918:29
December solstice07:0517:2217:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727273747678797980787674
Precip in4.45.46.53.23.32.72.53.23.54.66.05.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kaneohe 838.1, 3 mi away.

  • Red Button Ginger170 obs
  • White-rumped Shama145 obs
  • Red-crested Cardinal123 obs
  • Small Indian Mongoose123 obs
  • Red Junglefowl115 obs
  • Trailing Daisy112 obs
  • Zebra Dove111 obs
  • Fiddlewood111 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/198691791

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