Punahoa Spring
Punahoa Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Puʻuʻulaʻula stands 3,055 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Paʻanene Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pōhakuloa: 2.5 mi
- Papaloa: 3.0 mi
- Puʻuahulili: 3.1 mi
- Palikea: 3.5 mi
- Puʻuʻahuʻula: 3.6 mi
- Kīpahulu Point Park: 3.7 mi
- Paani Mai Park: 11.3 mi
- Hana Ball Park: 11.3 mi
- Hana Beach Park: 11.5 mi
- Waiʻānapanapa State Park: 12.4 mi
- Hamoa beach: 9.7 mi
- Kōkī Beach: 10.2 mi
- Lehoʻula Beach: 10.3 mi
- Red Sand Beach: 11.4 mi
- Hana Beach Park: 11.5 mi
- Hawaii 31 & 360 Junction (Kālepa Bridge): 1.6 mi
- Love: 3.9 mi
- Seven Sacred Pools: 4.7 mi
- Kawilinau Gulch (65 feet deep): 7.9 mi
- Silversword Loop Trail: 8.8 mi
- Makahiku Falls: 4.3 mi
- Waimoku Falls: 4.4 mi
- Kekuapo‘owai Falls: 5.8 mi
- Wailua Falls: 6.0 mi
- Waihi‘umalu Falls: 6.0 mi
- Paʻanene Spring: 0.8 mi
- Waihī Spring: 2.4 mi
- Waiu Spring: 3.8 mi
- Big Spring: 12.0 mi
- Pali Spring: 12.0 mi
- Nuu: 4.7 mi
- Fagan's Cross: 10.9 mi
- Honokalani Cemetary: 12.4 mi
- Ohala Heiau: 12.4 mi
- Nāhiku Rubber Company: 13.0 mi
- Hana Cultural Center and Museum: 11.4 mi
- Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary: 24.1 mi
- Kahanu Garden enterence: 11.9 mi
- Kahanu Gardens: 12.3 mi
- Ke’anae Arboretum: 15.0 mi
- 'Āhihi-Kīna‘u Natural Area Reserve: 20.5 mi
- Sun Mei: 17.7 mi
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Punahoa Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻuʻulaʻula | WNW 298° | 3,055 m | 10.4 mi |
| Kolekole | WNW 296° | 3,052.44 m | 10.5 mi |
| Magnetic Peak | WNW 298° | 3,052 m | 10.2 mi |
| Pākaʻaoʻao | WNW 300° | 3,006 m | 10.3 mi |
| Kilohana | NW 305° | 2,906 m | 10.4 mi |
| Haupaʻakea Peak | WNW 300° | 2,788 m | 8.5 mi |
| Hanakauhi | NNW 327° | 2,697 m | 7.9 mi |
| Lauʻulu | NNW 339° | 2,515 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:29 | 18:07 | 18:36 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| September equinox | 06:14 | 17:53 | 18:22 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 17:17 | 17:50 |
Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 73 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 76 | 74 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 4.7 | 8.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ohe'o 258.6, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Oct–Mar — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 56.7 | 53.2 | 81.8 | 48.9 | 32.0 | 25.3 | 31.3 | 32.3 | 37.9 | 51.7 | 76.4 | 76.1 |
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.
- 'Āhinahina6 obs
- thatch screwpine6 obs
- Sensitive Plant5 obs
- balloonplant5 obs
- castor bean4 obs
- Red Tasselflower4 obs
- Air Plant4 obs
- Small Indian Mongoose4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9762280950
Day trips start here
- Haleakalā National Park · 6 mi
- Maui · 18 mi
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