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Keawewai Springs

Keawewai Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Keawewai Springs is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Kaumu o Kaleihoohie stands 1,673 m to the southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Waiʻilikahi falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.14426, -155.64081

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 20
  • Church Row Park: 8.4 mi
  • Waimea Park: 8.5 mi
  • Waimea Park: 8.6 mi
  • Waimea Nature Park (Ulu La'au): 8.8 mi
  • Keokea Beach Park: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Waimanu & King's Trailhead: 3.1 mi
  • Whitefin Shark Fishpond - Lalakea Loko I'a: 3.8 mi
  • Waipi'o Valley Shuttle Rides: 4.6 mi
  • Beach "69": 16.6 mi
  • Hawaiian Vanilla Company: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 10
Waterfalls: 6
  • Waiʻilikahi falls: 0.9 mi
  • Nanaue Falls (End of King's Trail): 3.4 mi
  • Hiʻilawe Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Hakalaoa Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Ipuu Falls: 4.6 mi
Museums: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Mala'ai: 8.9 mi
  • Palace Lawn: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Koaiʻa Tree Sanctuary: 9.1 mi
  • Waialea Bay Marine Life Conservation District: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Buddha Point: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Keawewai Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kaumu o KaleihoohieSW 231°1,673 m6.4 mi
KohalaSW 227°1,670 m7.0 mi
OpaeloaSW 229°1,659 m6.1 mi
ʻEkeSW 230°1,622 m7.0 mi
Puu o UmiSW 222°1,599 m6.0 mi
Puu AhiaWSW 241°1,497 m7.1 mi
PuʻupālailaiSW 221°1,490 m7.0 mi
Puu MalaWSW 244°1,455 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2718:0518:34
June solstice05:4518:3419:06
September equinox06:1217:5118:20
December solstice06:5417:1617:49

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Nov–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F757577787980818281817977
Precip in1.50.70.90.40.50.60.20.80.60.70.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Puukohola Heiau 98.1, 14 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs12.112.117.919.310.913.017.414.87.78.815.214.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kawainui Stream nr Kamuela, HI, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • anemone stinkhorn fungus5 obs
  • Cook pine4 obs
  • thatch screwpine4 obs
  • ʻŌhiʻa Lehua3 obs
  • Hawaiian Garden Spider3 obs
  • Broad-leaved paperbark3 obs
  • kōlea lau li‘i3 obs
  • Kalij Pheasant2 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/7668052363

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