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Kalua o Lapa

Kalua o Lapa, seen from above at true elevation

Kalua o Lapa rises to 142 m in Hawaiʻi. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻunaio, a peak 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
142 m

How to reach it

Coordinates20.61469, -156.41339

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 33
  • Makena Stables: 1.0 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 1.5 mi
  • Hanamanioa Point Light: 2.2 mi
  • Turtle Arches: 3.1 mi
  • Turtle Town: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • Laperouse Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Whale Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 11.0 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 14.4 mi
  • Nuu: 14.9 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 20.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Kalua o Lapa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE 58°3,055 m12.3 mi
KolekoleENE 58°3,052.44 m12.0 mi
Magnetic PeakENE 58°3,052 m12.3 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE 57°3,006 m12.6 mi
KilohanaNE 55°2,906 m13.5 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakENE 64°2,788 m13.6 mi
KalepeamoaENE 56°2,768 m10.2 mi
KanahauNE 56°2,660 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0818:37
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1817:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727172747577787878777573
Precip in2.51.32.00.81.10.40.81.21.11.61.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Makena Golf Course 249.1, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7727352168

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