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Yellow Cone

Yellow Cone, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Cone rises to 652 m in Hawaiʻi. Red Cone stands 3,488 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻukou, a peak 0.4 miles away.

The story

mountain in Hawaii, United States of America

Wikidata Q49091237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
652 m

How to reach it

Coordinates19.28272, -155.39318

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Puʻukou: 0.4 mi
  • Kamakaiʻa Waena: 2.6 mi
  • Red Cones: 2.7 mi
  • Kamakaiʻa Uka: 3.2 mi
  • Puʻukuanēnē: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 28
Attractions: 17
  • Footprints Area: 5.6 mi
  • Hi'iaka Crater: 12.1 mi
  • Devil's Throat: 12.1 mi
  • July 1974 Lava Flow: 12.2 mi
  • Bird watching: 12.2 mi
Springs: 9
  • ʻAlili Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Waioala Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Nīnole Springs: 13.2 mi
  • Kāwā Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Old Plantation Spring: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Keaoi State Seabird Sanctuary: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kipukapuaulu picnic area: 12.3 mi
Parks: 1
  • Naalehu Park: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Mark Twain's Monkeypod Tree: 20.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Yellow Cone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red ConeWNW 296°3,488 m16.9 mi
Sulphur ConeWNW 295°3,464 m17.4 mi
PuʻuʻeleʻeleNW 324°3,208 m13.8 mi
Puʻuʻulaʻula (Red Hill)NNW 345°3,072 m17.7 mi
PuʻukuluaN 352°2,748.17 m17.6 mi
PuʻukinikiniW 263°1,944 m13.5 mi
NāpuʻukūluaNNW 337°1,704 m8.9 mi
PuʻulalaʻauNNE 18°1,682 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2618:0418:33
June solstice05:4518:3119:03
September equinox06:1117:5018:19
December solstice06:5217:1717:50

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F727273747576777877777574
Precip in3.53.94.01.91.40.81.92.92.84.14.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SEA MTN 12.15, 13 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Apr and May; busiest: Dec.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 365006 — Yellow Cone, Hawaii County, Hawaii.

OpenStreetMap element node/7727407217

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