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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: 34
Attractions: 28
  • 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: 16
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 23.2 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
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE3,055 m12.3 mi
KolekoleENE3,052 m12.0 mi
Magnetic PeakENE3,052 m12.3 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE3,006 m12.6 mi
KilohanaNE2,906 m13.5 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakENE2,788 m13.6 mi
KalepeamoaENE2,768 m10.2 mi
KanahauNE2,660 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 50–80 °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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