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Upper Waikani Falls

Upper Waikani Falls is a waterfall in Hawaiʻi, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Pākaʻaoʻao stands 3,006 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Waikani Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away.

The story

waterfall on the Hana Highway in Hawaii

Wikidata Q111449025, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates20.83233, -156.13863

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Garden of Eden Arboretum: 3.7 mi
  • Twin Falls Park: 8.7 mi
  • Waihou Spring Forrest Reserve: 9.4 mi
  • Waiʻānapanapa State Park: 9.5 mi
  • Paani Mai Park: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 40
Attractions: 31
  • Ching's Pond: 1.8 mi
  • Kaumahina State Park: 3.3 mi
  • Rainbow Eucalyptus: 5.4 mi
  • Hana Lava Tubes: 7.8 mi
  • Hana Lava Tube: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Waikani Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Keaku Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Kopiliula Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Waiokuna Falls: 1.3 mi
Springs: 10
Historic sites: 9
Museums: 5
Gardens: 3
Artworks: 3
Nature reserves: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Upper Waikani Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
PākaʻaoʻaoSW 221°3,006 m10.9 mi
KilohanaSW 222°2,906 m9.9 mi
Haupaʻakea PeakSSW 212°2,788 m10.6 mi
HanakauhiSSW 201°2,697 m7.2 mi
LauʻuluS 185°2,515 m7.0 mi
HaleakalāSSW 194°2,502 m9.3 mi
KamaʻoliʻiSW 216°2,490 m9.8 mi
KumuʻiliahiSSW 205°2,479 m9.9 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 solstice06:5817:1717:49

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, 8 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs38.042.652.849.227.815.322.924.017.622.943.144.9

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge West Wailuaiki Stream near Keanae, Maui, HI, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4527540268

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