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Puʻunaio

Puʻunaio, seen from above at true elevation

Puʻunaio rises to 318 m in Hawaiʻi. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Kalua o Lapa, a peak 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
318 m

How to reach it

Coordinates20.61689, -156.40418

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Beaches: 34
Attractions: 27
  • Makena Stables: 1.5 mi
  • Snorkeling Entry Point: 2.1 mi
  • Hanamanioa Point Light: 2.4 mi
  • Turtle Arches: 3.4 mi
  • Turtle Town: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Quarter-Mile Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Punalau Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Puohokamoa Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 22.7 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 8
  • Laperouse Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Whale Statue: 8.6 mi
  • Captain George Vancouver Monument: 11.1 mi
  • Nuu: 14.3 mi
  • Ahupū Tank: 15.1 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Bush: 20.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Puʻunaio. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaENE3,055 m11.7 mi
KolekoleENE3,052 m11.4 mi
Magnetic PeakENE3,052 m11.8 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoNE3,006 m12.0 mi
KilohanaNE2,906 m13.0 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakENE2,788 m13.0 mi
KalepeamoaNE2,768 m9.6 mi
KanahauNE2,660 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3018:0818:37
June solstice05:4718:3819:10
September equinox06:1517:5418:23
December solstice06:5817:1817:51

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727172747577787878777573
Precip in2.51.32.00.81.10.40.81.21.11.61.21.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Makena Golf Course 249.1, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 363997 — Puʻunaio, Maui County, Hawaii.

OpenStreetMap element node/7727356342

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