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Kanahau

Kanahau, seen from above at true elevation

Kanahau rises to 2,660 m in Hawaiʻi. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Kalepeamoa, a peak 0.8 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
2660 m

How to reach it

Coordinates20.69050, -156.29309

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Polipoli Springs State Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
  • Kokea Park: 4.1 mi
  • Harold W. Rice Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
  • Sun Yet-Sen Park: 5.5 mi
  • Waihou Spring Forrest Reserve: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 42
Attractions: 37
  • Aliʻi Kula Lavender: 3.4 mi
  • O'o farm: 3.8 mi
  • Silversword Loop Trail: 6.2 mi
  • Silversword Loop Trail: 6.2 mi
  • Kupa'a Farm: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Kopiliula Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Upper Waikani Falls: 14.0 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 10
  • Nuu: 8.3 mi
  • Laperouse Memorial: 10.3 mi
  • Whale Statue: 10.7 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 12.0 mi
  • Nāhiku Rubber Company: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Museums: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Kanahau. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE 62°3,055 m2.9 mi
KolekoleENE 64°3,052.44 m2.6 mi
Magnetic PeakENE 66°3,052 m3.0 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoENE 60°3,006 m3.2 mi
KilohanaNE 53°2,906 m4.2 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakE 81°2,788 m4.5 mi
KalepeamoaENE 61°2,768 m0.8 mi
HaleakalāE 84°2,502 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0818:37
June solstice05:4618:3719:09
September equinox06:1517:5318:23
December solstice06:5817:1817:50

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F606060626364666666656361
Precip in3.92.93.42.12.81.22.12.02.72.72.42.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kula Hospital 267, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 360342 — Kanahau, Maui County, Hawaii.

OpenStreetMap element node/7727352111

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