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Puʻulaʻalāʻau

Puʻulaʻalāʻau, seen from above at true elevation

Puʻulaʻalāʻau rises to 1,987 m in Hawaiʻi. Hualālai stands 2,523 m to the north-northeast, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻuhonuaʻula, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in Hawaii, United States of America

Wikidata Q49065411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1987 m

How to reach it

Coordinates19.67212, -155.87432

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 54
  • Mountain Thunder Coffee: 5.0 mi
  • Hula Daddy Kona Coffee: 6.3 mi
  • Kona Cacoa Orchard Tour: 7.7 mi
  • Shoreline Access: 8.1 mi
  • Fair Winds Tours: 9.5 mi
Parks: 28
  • Queen Liliokalani Park: 6.8 mi
  • Pualani Blue Park: 7.1 mi
  • Hillcrest Park: 7.6 mi
  • Discovery Treehouse: 7.7 mi
  • Hale Hālāwai: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Honl's Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Magic Sands Beach: 8.3 mi
  • 'Ai'ōpio Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Honokohau Harbor Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Ooma Beach: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Kailua Pier: 8.3 mi
  • Kamkahinu: 8.3 mi
  • Keauhou Hōlua Slide: 9.3 mi
  • Lekeleke Burial Grounds: 10.0 mi
  • Captain Cook Monument: 13.7 mi
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 2
  • Keanae‘e Cliffs: 17.9 mi
  • Mokuʻāweoweo Caldera: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Springs: 1
  • Liloe Spring: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Puʻulaʻalāʻau. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HualālaiNNE 21°2,523 m1.4 mi
HualālaiNNE 29°2,518 m1.3 mi
Puu LalakaukoleNE 34°2,514 m1.2 mi
PuʻuhonuaʻulaNNE 12°2,499 m1.2 mi
PoikahiE 79°2,229 m2.9 mi
UmiahuENE 75°2,172 m1.6 mi
KauunuokuE 93°2,124 m3.1 mi
PuʻumaʻauE 82°2,025 m4.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2818:0618:35
June solstice05:4718:3419:06
September equinox06:1317:5218:21
December solstice06:5417:1817:51

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7727407306

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