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Kunawai Spring

Kunawai Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Kunawai Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the east-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Alewa Neighborhood Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.32588, -157.85774

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alewa Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kawananakoa Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beretania Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Aala Park: 0.8 mi
  • Pu'unui Community Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr. - The Founder of Modern Baseball: 0.5 mi
  • Foster Mansion Driveway Lamp: 0.6 mi
  • Buddah: 0.7 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Dr Sun Yat-sen: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 47
Gardens: 36
  • Foster Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Lyon Orchid Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Terrace: 0.6 mi
  • Foster Botanical Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Heleconias and Gingers: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 20
Museums: 18
Springs: 13
  • Kaaikahi Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Kahuawai Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Booth Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Makiki Springs: 2.4 mi
  • Ka puna hou: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Puehuehu: 0.4 mi
  • Waikahalulu Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Kapena Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Aihualama Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Manoa Falls: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 12.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Kunawai Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)ENE 64°960 m5.0 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)ENE 67°946 m4.8 mi
PuʻulanihuliNE 48°848 m4.4 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNNE 26°847 m4.8 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNNE 24°841 m5.3 mi
PuʻukahuauliNNE 28°830 m4.6 mi
MaunakapuNNE 24°829 m5.0 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNNW 348°817 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1418:43
June solstice05:5118:4519:17
September equinox06:2117:5918:29
December solstice07:0517:2317:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F707070717273747575757371
Precip in10.69.113.712.99.312.915.412.712.212.915.114.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2.01.72.11.71.61.01.21.31.81.31.53.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Makiki Stream at King St. bridge, Oahu, HI, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Brown Anole273 obs
  • Zebra Dove271 obs
  • Red-crested Cardinal247 obs
  • Blue-billed White-Tern246 obs
  • Pacific Golden-Plover195 obs
  • Gold Dust Day Gecko193 obs
  • Common Myna169 obs
  • Western Cattle-Egret157 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 way/485623601

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