Diamond Head
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Diamond Head rises to 232 m in Hawaiʻi. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the north-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire Control Station Diamond Head, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Diamond Head is a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. It is known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi (pronounced [leːˈʔɐhi]), which is most likely derived from lae (browridge, promontory) plus ʻahi (tuna) because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin. Its English name was given by British sailors in the 19th century, who named it for the calcite crystals on the adjacent beach.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q944686, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 232 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fire Control Station Diamond Head: 0.0 mi
- Diamond Head Lighthouse: 0.3 mi
- Tunnel 407: 0.4 mi
- Amelia Earhart Monument: 0.5 mi
- Louise Dillingham Memorial Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Lē'ahi Beach Park: 0.3 mi
- Mākālei Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Kuilei Cliffs Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Diamond Head Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Kaimana Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Flamingo: 0.8 mi
- Hippo: 0.8 mi
- Zebra: 0.8 mi
- Crocodile: 0.8 mi
- Kudu: 0.8 mi
- Kaimukī: 1.5 mi
- Waahila: 2.8 mi
- Rocky Hill: 3.2 mi
- Round Top: 3.8 mi
- Puʻukākea: 4.2 mi
- Cactus Garden: 1.0 mi
- Banyan Tree Garden: 1.5 mi
- Luau Garden: 2.1 mi
- Maile Garden: 2.1 mi
- Moiliili Japanese Cemetery Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Lē'ahi Beach: 0.3 mi
- Mākālei Beach: 0.4 mi
- Kaimana beach: 0.7 mi
- Cromwell's Beach: 1.0 mi
- Queen Kapi'olani Beach: 1.0 mi
- Queen Kapi'olani: 0.9 mi
- Public Art "Surfer on a Wave": 1.0 mi
- Mauka and Kila: 1.1 mi
- Greetings Tour Mural: 1.3 mi
- Princess Kaʻiulani: 1.5 mi
- Shangri La: 1.1 mi
- Damien and Marianne of Molokaʻi Education Center: 1.2 mi
- Lucoral Museum: 1.4 mi
- John Young Museum of Art: 2.7 mi
- Honolulu Police Department Museum: 4.0 mi
- Diamond Head State Monument: 0.5 mi
- Round Top Forest Reserve: 4.9 mi
- Kuliouou Forest Reserve: 6.7 mi
- Honolulu Forest Reserve: 8.5 mi
- Kāneʻohe Forest Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Ka puna hou: 3.2 mi
- Mahoe Spring: 3.6 mi
- Herring Springs: 4.4 mi
- Makiki Springs: 4.7 mi
- Kaaikahi Spring: 4.7 mi
- Waikahalulu Falls: 5.0 mi
- Kapena Falls: 5.0 mi
- Puehuehu: 5.1 mi
- Waikaekua waterfall: 5.2 mi
- Aihualama Falls: 5.5 mi
- Kuilei Cliffs: 0.4 mi
- Punchbowl Crater: 4.3 mi
- Nonoula: 7.3 mi
- Diamond Head Lighthouse: 0.3 mi
- Makapu'u Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Makapuʻu Meadows: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Diamond Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kōnāhuanui (K1) | NNE 13° | 960 m | 7.0 mi |
| Kōnāhuanui (K2) | NNE 13° | 946 m | 6.6 mi |
| Puʻulanihuli | N 2° | 848 m | 7.5 mi |
| Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulani | N 354° | 847 m | 8.9 mi |
| Puʻukeahiakahoe | N 355° | 841 m | 9.4 mi |
| Puʻukahuauli | N 355° | 830 m | 8.7 mi |
| Maunakapu | N 354° | 829 m | 9.2 mi |
| Puʻukaʻaumakua | NNW 342° | 817 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:36 | 18:14 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| September equinox | 06:21 | 17:59 | 18:29 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 17:23 | 17:55 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 75 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waikiki 717.2, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4984188460
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