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Papohaku Park

Papohaku Park from directly overhead

Papohaku Park is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Maui Komohana stands 1,764 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pihana Heiau, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates20.89915, -156.49099

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Halekiʻi-Pihana Heiau State Monument: 0.4 mi
  • Waiehu Terrace Park: 0.5 mi
  • Paukukalo Park: 0.7 mi
  • Keopuolani Park: 0.7 mi
  • Waiehu Heights Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 57
  • Kanaha Beach: 3.1 mi
  • VOR Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Polo Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Baldwin Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Pā'ia Secret Beach: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Maui Nui Botanical Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Maui Tropical Plantation: 3.6 mi
  • Quarter-Mile Falls Trailhead: 3.8 mi
  • Sunflower field: 5.4 mi
  • Bumper Boats: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Twin Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Keaku Falls: 22.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Pihana Heiau: 0.4 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 9.3 mi
  • Whale Statue: 11.8 mi
  • Old Fort: 12.2 mi
  • Brick Palace: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Springs: 4
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 1.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Papohaku Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maui KomohanaW 264°1,764 m6.1 mi
PuʻukukuiW 264°1,764 m6.2 mi
HeluWSW 252°1,428 m7.4 mi
HanaʻulaSW 231°1,398 m5.5 mi
LīhauWSW 245°1,278 m7.7 mi
HalepōhakuSW 235°1,140 m7.1 mi
PuʻukāneW 265°1,129 m3.6 mi
KeahiʻāloaWNW 282°1,073 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0818:38
June solstice05:4618:3919:11
September equinox06:1617:5418:23
December solstice06:5917:1817:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F737374767779818181797775
Precip in2.42.02.61.30.70.20.50.50.40.81.82.8

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

  • Southern House Mosquito97 obs
  • Gold Dust Day Gecko55 obs
  • Red Junglefowl53 obs
  • Zebra Dove48 obs
  • Common Myna41 obs
  • Pacific Golden-Plover37 obs
  • Brown Anole34 obs
  • Red-crested Cardinal32 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/453076433

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