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Kauunuoku

Kauunuoku, seen from above at true elevation

Kauunuoku rises to 2,124 m in Hawaiʻi. Hualālai stands 2,523 m to the west-northwest, 3.0 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
2124 m

How to reach it

Coordinates19.66950, -155.82641

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 54
  • 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
  • Fair Winds Tours: 11.6 mi
Parks: 28
  • 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
Beaches: 28
  • 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
Historic sites: 21
  • 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
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Springs: 4
  • Liloe Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Waihū Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Houpo o Kāne: 22.6 mi
  • Houpo o Kāne: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Keanae‘e Cliffs: 18.3 mi
  • Mokuʻāweoweo Caldera: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HualālaiWNW 300°2,523 m3.0 mi
HualālaiWNW 299°2,518 m2.8 mi
Puu LalakaukoleWNW 296°2,514 m2.7 mi
PuʻuhonuaʻulaWNW 295°2,499 m3.2 mi
PoikahiNNW 338°2,229 m0.8 mi
UmiahuWNW 291°2,172 m1.6 mi
PuʻumaʻauNE 47°2,025 m1.1 mi
PuʻulaʻalāʻauW 273°1,987 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0618:35
June solstice05:4618:3419:05
September equinox06:1317:5218:21
December solstice06:5417:1817:50

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Nov–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F757576777880818281807876
Precip in1.31.21.00.60.60.80.50.50.50.90.81.1

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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