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Magnetic Peak

Magnetic Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Magnetic Peak rises to 3,052 m in Hawaiʻi. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the northwest, 0.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3052 m

How to reach it

Coordinates20.70799, -156.25069

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Polipoli Springs State Recreation Area: 5.5 mi
  • Harold W. Rice Memorial Park: 5.8 mi
  • Kokea Park: 6.7 mi
  • Waihou Spring Forrest Reserve: 7.1 mi
  • Sun Yet-Sen Park: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 42
Attractions: 35
  • Silversword Loop Trail: 3.2 mi
  • Silversword Loop Trail: 3.3 mi
  • Kawilinau Gulch (65 feet deep): 3.6 mi
  • Aliʻi Kula Lavender: 4.8 mi
  • O'o farm: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Kopiliula Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Upper Waikani Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Waikani Falls: 11.4 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 9
  • Nuu: 7.0 mi
  • Nāhiku Rubber Company: 13.1 mi
  • Whale Statue: 13.2 mi
  • Laperouse Memorial: 13.2 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 14.1 mi
Museums: 5
Artworks: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Magnetic Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaNW 313°3,055 m0.2 mi
KolekoleW 262°3,052.44 m0.4 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoN 8°3,006 m0.4 mi
KilohanaNNE 24°2,906 m1.4 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakESE 106°2,788 m1.7 mi
KalepeamoaWSW 248°2,768 m2.2 mi
HanakauhiENE 68°2,697 m5.0 mi
KanahauWSW 246°2,660 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0718:37
June solstice05:4618:3719:09
September equinox06:1517:5318:22
December solstice06:5817:1817:50

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535151525557575856565553
Precip in5.14.15.72.82.41.62.72.22.53.24.65.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haleakala RS 338, 4 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Haleakalā National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Jan; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7546492048

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