Kapuna Spring
Kapuna Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 737 m. Uapa stands 1,504 m to the east-southeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kalualohe, a peak 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Waipū: 6.2 mi
- ʻOloʻupena: 6.8 mi
- Kumimi Beach (20 Mile Beach): 14.1 mi
- Halawa Beach: 14.5 mi
- Honouli Maloo Bay Beach: 14.6 mi
- Waikolu Lookout: 2.8 mi
- Kalaupapa Trailhead: 2.9 mi
- Visitors Holding Area: 2.9 mi
- Kalaupapa Trail Lower Trailhead: 3.0 mi
- Phallic Rock: 3.6 mi
- Waimanu Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hina Falls: 5.7 mi
- Mo‘oloa Falls: 6.0 mi
- Haha Falls: 6.2 mi
- Hāloku Falls: 6.6 mi
- One Alii Beach Park: 5.3 mi
- Kapuaiwa Grove: 6.1 mi
- Kiowea Beach Park: 6.2 mi
- Hale Mahina Park: 22.1 mi
- Honokowai Beach Park: 22.2 mi
- Cenotaph for Father Damien: 2.2 mi
- Father Damien Monument: 3.1 mi
- Mother Marianne Cope Monument: 3.1 mi
- Hospital Ruins: 3.2 mi
- ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau: 11.1 mi
- Kauhakō Crater: 2.8 mi
- Kaaloa: 4.0 mi
- Pāpaʻa-lā Pali: 4.6 mi
- Kāpapa Pali: 6.5 mi
- Kukuiokanaloa: 6.7 mi
- Waihi‘i: 1.6 mi
- Waiakāne Spring: 5.0 mi
- Kūapuʻuiki: 9.7 mi
- Lo‘ipūnāwai: 10.3 mi
- Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: 3.3 mi
- Hale Malama Museum Collections Storage Facility: 3.3 mi
- Lanai Culture and Heritage Center: 22.4 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse: 4.3 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse Grounds: 4.4 mi
- City Nursery: 22.7 mi
- Lanai Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- Kalawao: 2.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Kapuna Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uapa | ESE 115° | 1,504 m | 6.5 mi |
| Puʻuowahaʻula | ESE 116° | 1,462 m | 6.1 mi |
| Kaunuohua | ESE 115° | 1,379 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pēpēʻōpae | ESE 115° | 1,310 m | 4.6 mi |
| Puʻualiʻi | ESE 108° | 1,284 m | 4.3 mi |
| Lehuʻula | SE 124° | 1,246 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hanalilolilo | ESE 118° | 1,237 m | 3.6 mi |
| Puʻukolekole | SE 129° | 1,205 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| September equinox | 06:17 | 17:56 | 18:25 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 17:19 | 17:52 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 74 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 23.4 | 21.3 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 17.4 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 20.1 | 23.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Waikolu Str blw pipe nr Kalaupapa, Molokai, HI, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- ʻŌhiʻa Lehua8 obs
- Pūkiawe4 obs
- ʻAwapuhiakanaloa4 obs
- false staghorn fern3 obs
- Vaccinium dentatum3 obs
- Yellow ginger3 obs
- Mighels' tree snail3 obs
- Akeake3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7727645840
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