Waiakāne Spring
Waiakāne Spring is a spring in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Puʻualiʻi stands 1,284 m to the east-southeast, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Puʻukamoʻo, a peak 0.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Puʻukamoʻo: 0.3 mi
- ʻEleueue: 0.7 mi
- Puʻuanoano: 1.0 mi
- Pōhakunui: 1.3 mi
- Puʻulua: 1.6 mi
- Waipū: 10.7 mi
- ʻOloʻupena: 11.2 mi
- Kepuhi Beach: 14.1 mi
- Papohaku Beach: 14.8 mi
- Poʻolau Beach: 16.1 mi
- Waimanu Falls: 5.9 mi
- Hina Falls: 10.6 mi
- Mo‘oloa Falls: 10.9 mi
- Hāloku Falls: 11.1 mi
- Haha Falls: 11.2 mi
- Phallic Rock: 1.5 mi
- Kalaupapa Trailhead: 2.1 mi
- Kalaupapa Trail Lower Trailhead: 2.9 mi
- Visitors Holding Area: 3.0 mi
- Maunahui-Makakupaia 4X4 Trail: 4.0 mi
- Hospital Ruins: 3.1 mi
- Father Damien Monument: 3.1 mi
- Mother Marianne Cope Monument: 3.1 mi
- Cenotaph for Father Damien: 5.3 mi
- ʻIliʻiliʻōpae Heiau: 16.1 mi
- Kukuiokanaloa: 1.8 mi
- Kauhakō Crater: 4.2 mi
- Kaaloa: 8.4 mi
- Pāpaʻa-lā Pali: 9.6 mi
- Kāpapa Pali: 11.2 mi
- Waihi‘i: 3.4 mi
- Kapuna Spring: 5.0 mi
- Kūapuʻuiki: 14.6 mi
- Lo‘ipūnāwai: 15.2 mi
- Kapuaiwa Grove: 5.7 mi
- Kiowea Beach Park: 5.7 mi
- One Alii Beach Park: 7.3 mi
- Alexander & Baldwin Sugar Museum: 1.9 mi
- Hale Malama Museum Collections Storage Facility: 3.3 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse Grounds: 4.4 mi
- Molokai Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
- Kalawao: 5.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Waiakāne Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puʻualiʻi | ESE 112° | 1,284 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hanalilolilo | ESE 117° | 1,237 m | 8.6 mi |
| Puʻuokaʻeha | ESE 121° | 1,143 m | 8.6 mi |
| Kaulahuki | ESE 118° | 1,128 m | 7.5 mi |
| Puʻukaeʻo | ESE 114° | 1,119 m | 7.4 mi |
| Kalāhuapueo | ESE 115° | 1,080 m | 7.6 mi |
| ʻŌhiʻalele | ESE 105° | 1,066 m | 9.2 mi |
| Puʻumakaliʻiliʻi | ESE 120° | 1,002 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:33 | 18:11 | 18:40 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| September equinox | 06:18 | 17:56 | 18:26 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 17:20 | 17:52 |
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 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 80 | 79 | 76 | 74 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 4.2 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 2.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kaunakakai Gulch at altitude 75 feet, Molokai, HI, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Beach Sheoak18 obs
- anemone stinkhorn fungus16 obs
- White-rumped Shama10 obs
- billygoat weed8 obs
- strawberry-guava7 obs
- Cook pine6 obs
- golden polypody6 obs
- Black Witch5 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/7727630866
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