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Paʻanene Spring

Paʻanene Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Paʻanene Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Punahoa Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.65145, -156.11004

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 37
Beaches: 30
Attractions: 27
  • Hawaii 31 & 360 Junction (Kālepa Bridge): 1.5 mi
  • Love: 4.2 mi
  • Seven Sacred Pools: 4.4 mi
  • Kawilinau Gulch (65 feet deep): 7.4 mi
  • Silversword Loop Trail: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Springs: 9
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 2
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Sun Mei: 17.6 mi
  • Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Paʻanene Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PuʻuʻulaʻulaWNW 294°3,055 m10.1 mi
Magnetic PeakWNW 293°3,052 m9.9 mi
PākaʻaoʻaoWNW 296°3,006 m10.0 mi
KilohanaWNW 302°2,906 m10.0 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakWNW 295°2,788 m8.2 mi
HanakauhiNW 323°2,697 m7.3 mi
LauʻuluNNW 335°2,515 m6.0 mi
HaleakalāNW 310°2,502 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2918:0718:36
June solstice05:4518:3719:09
September equinox06:1417:5318:22
December solstice06:5717:1717:50

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F737373747576777878777674
Precip in6.34.78.15.14.75.66.86.56.88.17.47.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ohe'o 258.6, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs56.753.281.848.932.025.331.332.337.951.776.476.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Oheo Gulch at dam near Kipahulu, Maui, HI, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • 'Āhinahina10 obs
  • thatch screwpine7 obs
  • balloonplant5 obs
  • castor bean4 obs
  • Air Plant4 obs
  • common lantana3 obs
  • Sensitive Plant3 obs
  • rough cocklebur3 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/9762280951

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