Kawao Park

Kawao Park is a park in Honolulu County, Hawaii. Kawao Park is situated nearby to the locality Upper Palolo, as well as near Woodlawn.

Places of Interest

Highlights include University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy and Lyon Arboretum.

University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy

University

The University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy is a research institute for astronomy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, a public research university in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Lyon Arboretum

Garden

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre arboretum and botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa located at the upper end of Mānoa Valley in Hawaiʻi. Lyon Arboretum is situated 2½ km northwest of Kawao Park.

Mānoa Falls

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Danieljaycho, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mānoa Falls is a 150-foot waterfall along the Manoa Falls Trail in Honolulu, Hawaii. Swimming in the pool below the waterfall is highly discouraged because there is a threat of becoming infected with Leptospirosis, a disease causing mild to moderate flulike symptoms that can last for 1 to 2 weeks. Mānoa Falls is situated 3½ km north of Kawao Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manoa and Palolo.

Manoa

Suburb

Photo: Sdkb, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mānoa or Mānoa Valley is a valley and residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. The neighborhood is about 3 miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and less than 1 mile from Ala Moana and Waikīkī.

Palolo

Suburb

Photo: Rentzb0711, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pālolo is the name of a valley, stream, and residential neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii, the United States. The area lies approximately four miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu, less than a mile from Diamond Head.

Moiliili

Neighborhood

Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii is a neighborhood of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Its name means "pebble lizard" in Hawaiian. Moiliili is situated 4 km southwest of Kawao Park.

Kawao Park

Type: Park
Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude

21.31333° or 21° 18′ 48″ north

Longitude

-157.79222° or 157° 47′ 32″ west

Elevation

282 metres (925 feet)

Open location code

73H48675+84

GeoNames ID

5848840

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Satellite Map

Discover Kawao Park from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

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