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Lo‘ipūnāwai

Lo‘ipūnāwai, seen from above at true elevation

Lo‘ipūnāwai is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Kamakou stands 1,506 m to the northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Maileliʻi, a peak 1.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.06014, -156.83254

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Beaches: 29
  • Kumimi Beach (20 Mile Beach): 6.4 mi
  • Honouli Maloo Bay Beach: 7.2 mi
  • ʻOloʻupena: 7.2 mi
  • Waipū: 7.4 mi
  • Halawa Beach: 9.2 mi
Parks: 27
  • One Alii Beach Park: 10.5 mi
  • Hale Mahina Park: 11.9 mi
  • Honokowai Beach Park: 11.9 mi
  • Napili Park: 12.2 mi
  • D.T. Fleming Park: 12.3 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Kakahaia Park: 7.0 mi
  • Waikolu Lookout: 7.5 mi
  • One Ali‘i Park I: 9.2 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 11.1 mi
  • Kapalua Cliff House: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Haha Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Mo‘oloa Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Hina Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Pu‘uka‘ōkū Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Pāpalaua Falls: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau: 1.9 mi
  • Mana Heiau: 9.0 mi
  • Papa Heiau: 9.5 mi
  • Cenotaph for Father Damien: 11.0 mi
  • Father Damien Monument: 13.1 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
Gardens: 3
  • City Nursery: 17.6 mi
  • Lanai Community Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Bush: 23.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • West Maui Natural Area Reserve: 18.4 mi
  • Honokowai Natural Area Reserve: 18.4 mi
  • Lihau Natural Area Reserve: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Lo‘ipūnāwai. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KamakouNW 324°1,506 m4.0 mi
UapaNW 323°1,504 m4.1 mi
PuʻuowahaʻulaNW 321°1,462 m4.4 mi
KaholoapeleNNW 327°1,450 m3.6 mi
OlokuʻiNNW 347°1,403 m5.1 mi
KaunuohuaNW 317°1,379 m5.1 mi
PākuʻiNNW 337°1,321 m3.2 mi
PēpēʻōpaeNW 315°1,310 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3218:1018:39
June solstice05:4818:4019:12
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, 9 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3.72.83.12.51.71.41.71.70.61.63.34.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge EF Kawela Gulch nr Kamalo, Molokai, HI, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Bermuda grass4 obs
  • Mighels' tree snail4 obs
  • common lantana3 obs
  • red mangrove3 obs
  • Durban Crowfoot3 obs
  • Goose Grass3 obs
  • Adenophorus tripinnatifidus3 obs
  • Elastic Grass3 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/7729013260

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