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Palm Circle

Palm Circle from directly overhead

Palm Circle is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Moanalua Gardens, a park 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.34533, -157.88808

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moanalua Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • Moanalua Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Likini Street Mini Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ke'ehi Lagoon Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Mokauea Mini-Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites
Beaches: 58
Gardens: 36
  • Na Ulu Kaiwi'ula Native Hawaiian Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Ka Māla O Niuhelewai: 2.0 mi
  • C. B. Lansing Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Foster Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Lyon Orchid Garden: 2.8 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 18
Springs: 15
  • Kunawai Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Kaaikahi Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Kahuawai Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Booth Spring: 4.1 mi
  • ʻĀlewa Heights Spring: 4.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Puehuehu: 2.7 mi
  • Waikahalulu Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Kapena Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Aihualama Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Waipuhia Falls: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Palm Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)E 82°960 m6.5 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)E 85°946 m6.4 mi
PuʻulanihuliENE 73°848 m5.4 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNE 54°847 m5.0 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNE 50°841 m5.4 mi
PuʻukahuauliNE 56°830 m5.0 mi
MaunakapuNE 51°829 m5.2 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaN 357°817 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1418:43
June solstice05:5118:4519:17
September equinox06:2118:0018:29
December solstice07:0617:2317:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F747475777880828282807876
Precip in1.81.92.40.80.80.50.50.80.91.52.22.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Honolulu Intl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Brown Anole76 obs
  • Pacific Golden-Plover68 obs
  • Red-crested Cardinal67 obs
  • Java Sparrow67 obs
  • Western Cattle-Egret65 obs
  • Zebra Dove64 obs
  • Green Sea Turtle45 obs
  • Common Myna45 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 84000104OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/133736100

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