Kauunuoku
Kauunuoku rises to 2,124 m in Hawaiʻi. Hualālai stands 2,518 m to the west-northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Poikahi, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Hawaii, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49040876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,124 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Thunder Coffee: 8.0 mi
- Hula Daddy Kona Coffee: 9.4 mi
- Kona Cacoa Orchard Tour: 9.6 mi
- Shoreline Access: 10.8 mi
- Mo'ikeha Cave: 11.6 mi
- Pualani Blue Park: 9.9 mi
- Queen Liliokalani Park: 9.9 mi
- Hillcrest Park: 10.5 mi
- Discovery Treehouse: 10.6 mi
- White Sands Beach Park: 10.8 mi
- Magic Sands Beach: 10.8 mi
- Honl's Beach: 10.9 mi
- 'Ai'ōpio Beach: 13.0 mi
- Honokohau Harbor Beach: 13.1 mi
- Ooma Beach: 14.6 mi
- Keauhou Hōlua Slide: 11.3 mi
- Kailua Pier: 11.3 mi
- Kamkahinu: 11.3 mi
- Lekeleke Burial Grounds: 11.9 mi
- Hikiau Heiau: 14.7 mi
- Interpretive Center: 11.0 mi
- Hulihe‘e Palace Museum: 11.1 mi
- Keauhou Kahaluʻu Heritage Center: 11.1 mi
- Hale Hoʻokipa Visitor Contact Station: 12.7 mi
- Kona Coffee Living History Farm: 13.6 mi
- Fish of Hawaiʻi: 11.8 mi
- Hula Kahiko: 14.7 mi
- The Lei-Makers: 14.7 mi
- Kona Potters Guild: 16.2 mi
- Buddha Point: 18.3 mi
- Keahou II (Hualalai) Cooperative Nene Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Kona Cloud Forest Guided Walking Tours: 8.2 mi
- Kona Cloud Forest - Guided Walking Tours: 8.2 mi
- Waialea Bay Marine Life Conservation District: 21.6 mi
- Liloe Spring: 21.8 mi
- Waihū Spring: 22.2 mi
- Houpo o Kāne: 22.6 mi
- Sadie Seymour Botanical Gardens: 10.0 mi
- Palace Lawn: 18.2 mi
- Keanae‘e Cliffs: 18.3 mi
- Mokuʻāweoweo Caldera: 20.6 mi
- Manini Beach: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Kauunuoku. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hualālai | WNW 299° | 2,518 m | 2.8 mi |
| Puu Lalakaukole | WNW 296° | 2,514 m | 2.7 mi |
| Puʻuhonuaʻula | WNW 295° | 2,499 m | 3.2 mi |
| Poikahi | NNW 338° | 2,229 m | 0.8 mi |
| Umiahu | WNW 291° | 2,172 m | 1.6 mi |
| Puʻumaʻau | NE 47° | 2,025 m | 1.1 mi |
| Puʻulaʻalāʻau | W 273° | 1,987 m | 3.1 mi |
| Puʻuhale | W 261° | 1,949 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:28 | 18:06 | 18:35 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 18:34 | 19:05 |
| September equinox | 06:13 | 17:52 | 18:21 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 17:18 | 17:50 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 75 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 80 | 78 | 76 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kailua Kona Ke-ahole AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 360767 — Kauunuoku, Hawaii County, Hawaii.
OpenStreetMap element node/7727407175
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- Big Island · 23 mi
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