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Kūapuʻuiki

Kūapuʻuiki, seen from above at true elevation

Kūapuʻuiki is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 758 m. Kamakou stands 1,506 m to the west, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻulua, a peak 0.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.10826, -156.81742

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Beaches: 27
  • ʻOloʻupena: 4.5 mi
  • Kumimi Beach (20 Mile Beach): 4.6 mi
  • Waipū: 4.9 mi
  • Honouli Maloo Bay Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Halawa Beach: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Waikolu Lookout: 6.9 mi
  • Kakahaia Park: 8.6 mi
  • One Ali‘i Park I: 10.5 mi
  • Visitors Holding Area: 12.0 mi
  • Kalaupapa Trail Lower Trailhead: 12.1 mi
Parks: 20
  • One Alii Beach Park: 11.6 mi
  • D.T. Fleming Park: 12.9 mi
  • Napili Park: 13.1 mi
  • Hale Mahina Park: 13.5 mi
  • Honokowai Beach Park: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Pāpalaua Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Pu‘uka‘ōkū Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Kahiwa Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Haha Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Wailele Falls: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau: 2.4 mi
  • Mana Heiau: 6.0 mi
  • Papa Heiau: 6.5 mi
  • Cenotaph for Father Damien: 9.7 mi
  • Father Damien Monument: 12.0 mi
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
  • Honokowai Natural Area Reserve: 19.8 mi
  • West Maui Natural Area Reserve: 20.1 mi
  • Lihau Natural Area Reserve: 22.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • City Nursery: 21.0 mi
  • Lanai Community Garden: 21.1 mi
  • Bush: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Kūapuʻuiki. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KamakouW 268°1,506 m3.3 mi
UapaW 269°1,504 m3.4 mi
PuʻuowahaʻulaW 271°1,462 m3.7 mi
KaholoapeleW 264°1,450 m2.9 mi
OlokuʻiNW 309°1,403 m2.7 mi
KaunuohuaW 275°1,379 m4.4 mi
PākuʻiW 261°1,321 m2.2 mi
PēpēʻōpaeW 278°1,310 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:1018:39
June solstice05:4718:4019:12
September equinox06:1717:5518:25
December solstice07:0117:1917:52

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717171737475767777767573

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Puu-o-hoku RCH 542.1, 6 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs33.629.338.336.926.518.425.024.720.826.135.535.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Halawa Stream near Halawa, Molokai, HI, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Mighels' tree snail5 obs
  • Green Sea Turtle3 obs
  • Pūkiawe2 obs
  • Pua'akuhinia2 obs
  • ʻAwapuhiakanaloa2 obs
  • Spinner Dolphin1 obs
  • Fishbone Fern1 obs
  • Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major1 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/7729013262

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