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Thomas Square

Thomas Square from directly overhead

Thomas Square is a park in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the northeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Honolulu Police Department Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
City and County of Honolulu

How to reach it

Coordinates21.30268, -157.84920

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dole Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sheridan Community Park: 0.4 mi
  • Piikoi Street Mini Park: 0.5 mi
  • Kolowalu Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mother Waldron Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Beaches: 39
Gardens: 35
  • Makiki District Park Community Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Economic Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Herbs: 1.0 mi
  • Palm Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Prehistoric Glen: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 18
Springs: 14
  • Ka puna hou: 1.3 mi
  • Kaaikahi Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Kunawai Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Herring Springs: 2.4 mi
  • Kahuawai Spring: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Waikahalulu Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Puehuehu: 1.3 mi
  • Kapena Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Aihualama Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Manoa Falls: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Thomas Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)NE 46°960 m5.5 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)NE 48°946 m5.2 mi
PuʻulanihuliNNE 30°848 m5.3 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNNE 15°847 m6.1 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNNE 14°841 m6.6 mi
PuʻukahuauliNNE 16°830 m5.9 mi
MaunakapuNNE 14°829 m6.4 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNNW 347°817 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1418:43
June solstice05:5118:4519:17
September equinox06:2117:5918:29
December solstice07:0517:2317:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F737475767880818281807875
Precip in2.42.03.21.21.00.60.70.71.02.22.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waikiki 717.2, 3 mi away.

  • Red-crested Cardinal858 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron848 obs
  • Zebra Dove830 obs
  • Common Myna615 obs
  • Blue-billed White-Tern614 obs
  • Rock Pigeon607 obs
  • Western Cattle-Egret565 obs
  • Common Waxbill459 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 72000423OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/62602978

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