Manoa

Places of Interest

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Manoa-Makiki

Photo: Straitgate, Public domain.

Manoa and Makiki are two prominent neighborhoods of Honolulu situated in the foothills of the Ko'olau Mountains north of Downtown Honolulu. Along with Nu'uanu, these neighborhoods sit within valleys which extend into the Ko'olau Range, varying in character…

Honolulu

Photo: Alfred Adler, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The capital of Hawaii and its primary point of entry, Honolulu is by far the state's largest city, with 980,000 people—two-thirds of the state's population—residing within the metro area as of 2018.

Waikiki

Downtown Honolulu

Manoa-Makiki

Eastern Honolulu

Waikiki

Photo: Luis Argerich, CC BY 2.0.

One of the best-known beaches in the world, Waikiki is a famous district of the city of Honolulu, on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Sandwiched between the Ala Wai Canal and the ocean in the shadow of the towering Diamond Head crater, Waikiki is noted for being the tourist center of the Hawaiian Islands.

Manoa

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Places with the Same Name

Localities in the Area

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Curious Places to Discover

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