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Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area

Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Hualālai stands 2,523 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Kailua Kona Keiki Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates19.64414, -156.01095

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 53
Beaches: 23
  • Honl's Beach: 1.9 mi
  • 'Ai'ōpio Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Honokohau Harbor Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Magic Sands Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Ooma Beach: 4.8 mi
Parks: 21
  • Kailua Kona Keiki Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hale Hālāwai: 1.3 mi
  • Discovery Treehouse: 1.9 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 2.2 mi
  • Queen Liliokalani Park: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Kamkahinu: 0.9 mi
  • Kailua Pier: 1.0 mi
  • Keauhou Hōlua Slide: 6.7 mi
  • Lekeleke Burial Grounds: 7.3 mi
  • Captain Cook Monument: 12.3 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Keanae‘e Cliffs: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HualālaiENE 71°2,523 m9.9 mi
HualālaiENE 72°2,518 m10.0 mi
Puu LalakaukoleENE 73°2,514 m10.0 mi
PuʻuhonuaʻulaENE 71°2,499 m9.6 mi
PoikahiENE 78°2,229 m12.0 mi
UmiahuENE 77°2,172 m10.7 mi
KauunuokuE 82°2,124 m12.1 mi
PuʻumaʻauE 79°2,025 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0718:36
June solstice05:4718:3419:06
September equinox06:1417:5218:21
December solstice06:5517:1917:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F737374767778798080797775

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ke-ahole PT 68.13, 7 mi away.

  • Gold Dust Day Gecko485 obs
  • Saffron Finch309 obs
  • Zebra Dove272 obs
  • Thin-shelled Rock Crab254 obs
  • Yellow-billed Cardinal226 obs
  • Common Myna191 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron142 obs
  • House Sparrow141 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/46502880

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