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Puaena Point Beach Park

Puaena Point Beach Park from directly overhead

Puaena Point Beach Park is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Kaʻala stands 1,229 m to the south-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is HMH-463 Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.60193, -158.10538

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • North Shore Macadamia Nut Company: 0.3 mi
  • Angel Wings: 0.5 mi
  • One Ocean Diving: 0.6 mi
  • Tsue's Farm Haleiwa: 0.7 mi
  • Laniakea Beach: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 44
  • Maeaea Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Kawailoa Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Haleiwa Alii Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Haleʻiwa Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Kaiaka Bay Beach: 1.3 mi
Historic sites: 32
Gardens: 15
Springs: 5
Waterfalls: 1
  • Waimea Falls: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Pavillion: 11.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Puaena Point Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KaʻalaSSW 200°1,229 m6.9 mi
PuʻukalenaSSW 193°1,068 m8.0 mi
KamaohanuiSSW 196°1,024 m6.5 mi
PuʻukauaS 178°940 m11.1 mi
PalikeaS 179°938 m13.0 mi
PuʻukawiwiSSW 208°899 m8.7 mi
PuʻuhapapaS 180°879 m9.3 mi
PuʻukūmakaliʻiS 187°878 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3718:1518:44
June solstice05:5118:4619:19
September equinox06:2218:0018:30
December solstice07:0717:2317:56

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F707072737577787878777472
Precip in4.74.05.64.23.63.53.93.23.34.46.15.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waimea Valley 892.2, 4 mi away.

  • Gold Dust Day Gecko191 obs
  • Red Junglefowl159 obs
  • Gold Lace Nudibranch157 obs
  • Imperial Nudibranch94 obs
  • Pease's Nudibranch89 obs
  • Yellow-margined Spanish Dancer79 obs
  • Saffron Finch76 obs
  • Yellow-headed Moray72 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/293644256

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