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Puʻukukui

Puʻukukui, a peak in Hawaiʻi
Puʻukukui, a peak in HawaiʻiKarlM ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Puʻukukui, a peak in Hawaiʻi
Kevin M. Gill · CC BY 2.0
Puʻukukui, a peak in Hawaiʻi
KarlM ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Puʻukukui rises to 1,764 m in Hawaiʻi. Maui Komohana stands 1,764 m to the east-southeast, 0.1 miles off.

Highest peak of Mauna Kahalawai (the West Maui Mountains)

About

The story

Puʻu Kukui is a mountain peak in Hawaiʻi, the highest of the West Maui Mountains (Mauna Kahalawai). The 5,788-foot (1,764 m) summit rises above the Puʻu Kukui Watershed Management Area, an 8,661-acre (35.05 km2) private nature preserve maintained by the Maui Land & Pineapple Company. The peak was formed by a volcano whose caldera eroded into what is now the ʻĪao Valley. Puʻu Kukui receives an average of 386.5 inches (9,820 mm) of rain a year, making it one of the wettest spots on Earth and third wettest in the state after Big Bog on Maui and Mount Waiʻaleʻale on Kauai, Rainwater unable to drain away flows into a bog. The soil is dense, deep, and acidic. Puʻu Kukui is home to many endemic plants, insects, and birds, including the greensword (Argyroxiphium grayanum), a distinctive bog variety of ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha var. pseudorugosa) and many lobelioid species. Due to the mountain peak's extreme climate and acidic peat soil, many species, such as the ʻōhiʻa, are represented as dwarfs. Access to the area is restricted to researchers and conservationists.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7262536, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1,764 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates20.89033, -156.58631
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Beaches: 58
Attractions: 29
  • Olowalu Petroglyphs: 5.2 mi
  • Pioneer Mill Co. Smokestack and Locomotives Exhibit: 5.9 mi
  • Maui Tropical Plantation: 5.9 mi
  • Olowalu juice stand: 5.9 mi
  • Sugar mill ruins: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Old Fort: 6.0 mi
  • Brick Palace: 6.1 mi
  • Hauola Stone: 6.1 mi
  • Pihana Heiau: 6.2 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Moa‘ula: 21.6 mi
  • Hīpuapua Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Twin Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Pāpalaua Falls: 23.3 mi
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 4
Springs: 4
Gardens: 3
  • Bush: 4.9 mi
  • Lanai Community Garden: 22.2 mi
  • City Nursery: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 3
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Puʻukukui. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Maui KomohanaESE1,764 m0.1 mi
HeluSSW1,428 m1.9 mi
HanaʻulaSSE1,398 m3.4 mi
LīhauSSW1,278 m2.8 mi
HalepōhakuS1,140 m3.4 mi
PuʻukāneE1,129 m2.6 mi
KeahiʻāloaENE1,073 m2.7 mi
Puu LioESE954 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3118:0918:38
June solstice05:4718:3919:11
September equinox06:1617:5418:24
December solstice06:5917:1817:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F707071737476777878767472
Precip in3.42.13.71.71.20.60.80.91.21.92.63.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Puukolii 457.1, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 363891 — Puʻukukui, Maui County, Hawaii.

OpenStreetMap element node/2734821255

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