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Maunawili Falls

Maunawili Falls, seen from above at true elevation

Maunawili Falls is a waterfall in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Kōnāhuanui (K1) stands 960 m to the west-northwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Olympus, a peak 1.0 miles away.

What the record says

Height
4.5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates21.34897, -157.77203

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Likeke Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Pohakupu Mini Park: 2.5 mi
  • Keolu skate park: 2.8 mi
  • Keolu Hills Neighborhood Park: 2.8 mi
  • Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Harold Lyon Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Kaniakapūpū Ruins: 2.7 mi
  • Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery: 3.0 mi
  • Cenotaph for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole: 3.3 mi
  • Kūkaʻōʻō Heiau: 3.7 mi
Attractions
  • Judd Trail: 3.3 mi
  • Manoa Chocolate Company: 3.8 mi
  • Ha'iku Stairs (Stairway to Heaven): 4.6 mi
  • Kapena Falls Trailhead: 5.1 mi
  • Start Stairway to heaven: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 40
Gardens: 35
Artworks: 20
Springs: 14
  • Waʻaloa Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Mahoe Spring: 3.1 mi
  • ʻĀlewa Heights Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Makiki Springs: 3.5 mi
  • Herring Springs: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waikaekua waterfall: 1.6 mi
  • Lulumahu Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Manoa Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Likeke Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Aihualama Falls: 2.3 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Makapuʻu Meadows: 7.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Maunawili Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kōnāhuanui (K1)WNW 301°960 m1.2 mi
Kōnāhuanui (K2)WNW 286°946 m1.1 mi
PuʻulanihuliWNW 301°848 m2.7 mi
Kahoʻomoe ʻihikapulaniNW 308°847 m4.4 mi
PuʻukeahiakahoeNW 314°841 m4.7 mi
PuʻukahuauliNW 307°830 m4.2 mi
MaunakapuNW 311°829 m4.6 mi
PuʻukaʻaumakuaNW 322°817 m13.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3618:1318:43
June solstice05:5118:4419:17
September equinox06:2117:5918:28
December solstice07:0517:2217:55

Local time (Pacific/Honolulu).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 2 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs7.36.57.66.05.13.12.72.72.73.15.16.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Makawao Str nr Kailua, Oahu, HI, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6314900566

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