Mālaekahana State Recreation Area
Mālaekahana State Recreation Area is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Kaʻala stands 1,229 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hukilau Beach, a park 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hukilau Beach: 0.4 mi
- Laie Park: 0.6 mi
- La'ie Point State Wayside: 1.2 mi
- Kokololio Beach Park: 2.5 mi
- Sunset Beach Neighborhood Park: 7.7 mi
- Iosepa: 1.2 mi
- Hawai'i: 1.2 mi
- Tahiti: 1.2 mi
- Fiji: 1.2 mi
- Tonga: 1.3 mi
- Kaipapaʻu Hill: 2.9 mi
- Puʻukī: 3.4 mi
- Mount Kawela: 4.6 mi
- Puʻuwaiahilahila: 4.7 mi
- Puʻukaʻinapuaʻa: 5.2 mi
- La'ie Social Hall: 0.6 mi
- Shane Franchek Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Pillbox: 5.9 mi
- Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau: 8.4 mi
- Haleiwa Airstrip: 11.8 mi
- Moku‘Auia Beach: 0.6 mi
- Temple Beach: 0.7 mi
- Clissolds Beach: 1.1 mi
- Laniloa Beach: 1.4 mi
- Kahuku Beach: 1.4 mi
- Aunty Coco's Lei Garden: 7.9 mi
- Pineapple Garden Maze: 11.6 mi
- Haiku Gardens: 18.4 mi
- Urban Garden Center: 18.5 mi
- Bioprocessing Medicinal Garden Complex: 18.7 mi
- Hauula Forest Reserve: 5.3 mi
- Kaipapau Forest Reserve: 5.3 mi
- Pupukea-Paumalu Forest Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Ahupuaʻa ʻO Kahana State Park: 8.6 mi
- Ewa Forest Reserve: 9.6 mi
- Punamanō Spring: 3.7 mi
- Waiawa Spring: 18.8 mi
- Kalauao Spring: 19.0 mi
- Keaʻahala Spring: 19.2 mi
- ʻĀlewa Heights Spring: 22.4 mi
- Hawaii's Plantation Village: 19.6 mi
- Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum: 20.1 mi
- Pearl Harbor Visitor Center Exhibit Galleries: Attack and Road to War: 20.2 mi
- USS Missouri: 20.5 mi
- Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum: 20.8 mi
- Waimea Falls: 7.6 mi
- Waipuhia Falls: 21.8 mi
- Likeke Falls: 21.9 mi
- Lulumahu Falls: 23.0 mi
- Manoa Falls: 23.4 mi
- Pavillion: 1.3 mi
- Island Glassworks: 22.1 mi
- Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal: 24.2 mi
- Queen Lili'uokalani Statue: 24.7 mi
- Hoʻokahi: 24.8 mi
- Punchbowl Crater: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Mālaekahana State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaʻala | SW 233° | 1,229 m | 17.2 mi |
| Puʻukalena | SW 228° | 1,068 m | 17.5 mi |
| Kamaohanui | SW 232° | 1,024 m | 16.5 mi |
| Puʻukaua | SW 216° | 940 m | 18.5 mi |
| Puʻukawiwi | SW 233° | 899 m | 19.2 mi |
| Puʻuhapapa | SW 220° | 879 m | 17.3 mi |
| Puʻukūmakaliʻi | SW 225° | 878 m | 17.4 mi |
| Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulani | SSE 160° | 847 m | 19.8 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 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 18:00 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 17:22 | 17:55 |
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 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 73 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kii-kahuku 911, 2 mi away.
- Pacific Golden-Plover133 obs
- Ruddy Turnstone80 obs
- beach naupaka66 obs
- Gold Dust Day Gecko62 obs
- tree heliotrope62 obs
- Red-crested Cardinal58 obs
- Brown Anole50 obs
- Red-vented Bulbul48 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/129218793
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