Kaʻuku
Kaʻuku rises to 605 m in Hawaiʻi. Mauna Kea stands 4,205 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is ʻAkaka Falls, a waterfall 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Hawaii, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49040939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 605 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kānoa: 2.8 mi
- Nanamauna Cone: 6.8 mi
- Puʻuloa: 8.2 mi
- Kupapaʻu Hill: 8.7 mi
- Hālaʻi: 8.9 mi
- Honomu Park: 3.8 mi
- Kolekole Beach Park: 4.2 mi
- Hakalau Veterans Park: 4.5 mi
- Kaiwiki Park: 5.5 mi
- Waikamaulo Park: 6.9 mi
- ʻAkaka Falls: 1.5 mi
- Kahuna Falls: 1.8 mi
- Hakalau Stream: 3.0 mi
- Kawainui Falls: 3.5 mi
- Onomea Waterfall: 4.3 mi
- Dan J. Lutkenhouse: 4.2 mi
- Naha Stone: 8.6 mi
- Kamehameha: 9.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Tsunami Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Wailepua Spring: 5.6 mi
- Kapehu Springs: 7.4 mi
- Kaūmana Springs: 8.7 mi
- ʻŌlaʻa Flume Spring: 9.4 mi
- Waterhole Spring: 9.8 mi
- Onomea Museum: 4.2 mi
- Kenyan K. Beale Community Robotics Center: 8.6 mi
- Pacific Tsunami Museum: 8.6 mi
- East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center: 8.7 mi
- Lyman House Memorial Museum: 8.7 mi
- Skyline Eco Adventures: 3.9 mi
- Boiling Pots: 8.2 mi
- Kaumana Caves: 10.2 mi
- Laupahoehoe Point Tsunami Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Macadamia Nut Visitor Center: 15.4 mi
- Hawaiʻi Tropical Botanical Garden: 4.4 mi
- 'Imiloa Garden: 10.1 mi
- Botanical Gardens University of Hawai'i Hilo: 10.2 mi
- Hilo Nursery Arboretum: 10.3 mi
- Honoli‘i Beach: 6.8 mi
- Ha'ena Beach: 17.3 mi
- Waiakea: 11.4 mi
- Laupāhoehoe: 11.7 mi
- Kū: 4.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Kaʻuku. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauna Kea | W 268° | 4,205 m | 20.2 mi |
| Puʻuhauʻoki | W 269° | 4,160 m | 20.5 mi |
| Puʻumāhoe | W 271° | 4,004 m | 19.7 mi |
| Puʻulīlīnoe | W 266° | 3,959 m | 19.7 mi |
| Puʻupoepoe | W 271° | 3,855 m | 18.7 mi |
| Puʻuala | W 272° | 3,844 m | 18.7 mi |
| Puʻumākanaka | W 272° | 3,779 m | 17.6 mi |
| Puʻuhoaka | W 274° | 3,682 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:25 | 18:03 | 18:32 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| September equinox | 06:10 | 17:49 | 18:18 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 17:15 | 17:48 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 71 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77 | 76 | 74 | 72 |
| Precip in | 7.9 | 10.2 | 12.7 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 10.2 | 14.4 | 12.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hilo Intl AP 87, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 360667 — Kaʻuku, Hawaii County, Hawaii.
OpenStreetMap element node/7727407086
Day trips start here
- Hilo · 8 mi
- Big Island · 27 mi
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