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Hanawī Springs

Hanawī Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Hanawī Springs is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 223 m. Hanakauhi stands 2,697 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Spring, a spring 0.1 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.81434, -156.10442

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
Beaches: 36
Attractions: 24
  • Ching's Pond: 4.0 mi
  • Hana Lava Tubes: 5.3 mi
  • Hana Lava Tube: 5.4 mi
  • Kaumahina State Park: 5.8 mi
  • Blowhole: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Hanawi Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Waikani Falls: 2.5 mi
Springs: 9
Historic sites: 7
Museums: 3
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ke’anae Arboretum: 4.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Hanawī Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HanakauhiSW 221°2,697 m7.3 mi
LauʻuluSSW 207°2,515 m6.4 mi
HaleakalāSSW 210°2,502 m9.0 mi
KamaʻoliʻiSW 230°2,490 m10.4 mi
KumuʻiliahiSW 220°2,479 m10.1 mi
PuʻuomāuiSW 228°2,477 m9.9 mi
PōhakupālahaSSW 202°2,466 m6.3 mi
MaunahinaSW 220°2,453 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0718:36
June solstice05:4518:3719:09
September equinox06:1417:5318:22
December solstice06:5717:1717:49

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717172737476767776767573
Precip in5.65.48.55.05.44.45.56.06.16.96.66.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hana AP 355, 6 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs28.328.738.333.219.210.314.815.811.615.028.431.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hanawi Stream near Nahiku, Maui, HI, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Small Indian Mongoose39 obs
  • Koster's curse34 obs
  • Philippine Ground Orchid30 obs
  • Trailing Daisy26 obs
  • chandelier tree24 obs
  • African tulip tree23 obs
  • false staghorn fern22 obs
  • Yellow ginger18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9584131199

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