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Waʻaloa Spring

Waʻaloa Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Waʻaloa Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 316 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the north, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Waikaekua waterfall, a waterfall 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates21.33460, -157.79111

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Manoa Valley District Park: 1.8 mi
  • Waʻahila Ridge State Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
  • PuuUalakala State Park: 2.2 mi
  • Palolo Valley Recreational Park: 2.5 mi
  • Likeke Falls: 2.6 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 40
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 20
Springs: 13
  • Mahoe Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Herring Springs: 2.0 mi
  • Makiki Springs: 2.0 mi
  • Booth Spring: 2.2 mi
  • ʻĀlewa Heights Spring: 2.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 8.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Waʻaloa Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)N 7°960 m1.6 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)N 7°946 m1.3 mi
PuʻulanihuliNNW 336°848 m2.6 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNNW 329°847 m4.3 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNNW 333°841 m4.7 mi
PuʻukahuauliNNW 329°830 m4.1 mi
MaunakapuNNW 331°829 m4.5 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNNW 329°817 m13.4 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 solstice07:0517:2217:55

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, under a mile away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs4.84.35.35.34.94.04.74.64.14.25.25.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Waiakeakua Str at Honolulu, Oahu, HI, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Koster's curse534 obs
  • ʻŌhiʻa Lehua391 obs
  • king fern354 obs
  • Koa333 obs
  • Pinkfringe308 obs
  • 'ie'ie272 obs
  • shoebutton Ardisia268 obs
  • Fiddlewood262 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/5307991536

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