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Pali Spring

Pali Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Pali Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 292 m. Kilohana stands 2,906 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanawi Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.81376, -156.11401

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
Beaches: 38
Attractions: 27
  • Ching's Pond: 3.6 mi
  • Kaumahina State Park: 5.3 mi
  • Hana Lava Tubes: 5.9 mi
  • Hana Lava Tube: 5.9 mi
  • Rainbow Eucalyptus: 7.5 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Hanawi Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Pua'a Ka'a Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Upper Waikani Falls: 2.0 mi
Springs: 9
Historic sites: 8
Museums: 4
Artworks: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Pali Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KilohanaSW 234°2,906 m10.2 mi
HanakauhiSW 218°2,697 m6.8 mi
LauʻuluSSW 202°2,515 m6.1 mi
HaleakalāSSW 206°2,502 m8.7 mi
KamaʻoliʻiSW 228°2,490 m10.0 mi
KumuʻiliahiSW 217°2,479 m9.7 mi
PuʻuomāuiSW 226°2,477 m9.5 mi
PōhakupālahaSSW 196°2,466 m6.0 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 solstice06:5717:1717:49

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F717172737476767776767573
Precip in5.65.48.55.05.44.45.56.06.16.96.66.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hana AP 355, 7 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs28.328.738.333.219.210.314.815.811.615.028.431.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hanawi Stream near Nahiku, Maui, HI, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Philippine Ground Orchid42 obs
  • Koster's curse42 obs
  • Small Indian Mongoose40 obs
  • African tulip tree37 obs
  • Trailing Daisy29 obs
  • false staghorn fern26 obs
  • chandelier tree25 obs
  • Yellow ginger19 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/9584131196

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