Lyon Arboretum
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: botanical garden
- Description: arboretum, botanical garden in Honolulu, Hawaii, US
- Also known as: “Harold L. Lyon Arboretum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mānoa Falls and Mount Tantalus.
Mānoa Falls
Scenic viewpoint
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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 3,500 feet north of Lyon Arboretum.
Mount Tantalus
Peak
Photo: Straitgate, Public domain.
Mount Tantalus is an extinct cinder cone in the southern Koʻolau Range on the Hawaiian Island of Oʻahu. It also has a summit crater, Tantalus Crater. The cinder cone formed after the demise of Koʻolau Volcano, during a time of rejuvenated-stage volcanism in southeastern Oʻahu that also formed Punchbowl Crater, Diamond Head and Koko Head as part of the Honolulu Volcanics.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manoa and Makiki Heights.
Manoa
Suburb
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Mānoa or Mānoa Valley is a valley and residential neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. The neighborhood is approximately three miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and less than a mile from Ala Moana and Waikīkī. Manoa is situated 1½ miles south of Lyon Arboretum.
Makiki Heights
Suburb
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Makiki is an area of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, located northeast of downtown Honolulu, stretching east to west from Punahou Street to Pensacola Street and north to south from Round Top Drive/Makiki Heights Drive to Lunalilo Freeway. Punchbowl, an extinct tuff cone, and Tantalus overlook the Makiki. Makiki Heights is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lyon Arboretum.
Palolo
Suburb
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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. Palolo is situated 2½ miles south of Lyon Arboretum.
Lyon Arboretum
- Category: arboretum
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Lyon Arboretum” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lyon Arboretum”
- German: “Harold L. Lyon Arboretum”
- German: “Lyon Arboretum”
- Polish: “arboretum im. Harolda L. Lyona”
- Polish: “Arboretum im. Harolda L. Lyona”
- Polish: “Harold L. Lyon Arboretum”
- Polish: “Lyon Arboretum”
- Spanish: “Arboreto Lyon”
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