Nihoa
Nihoa is a locality in Maui County, Hawaii. Nihoa is situated nearby to the hamlet Kala‘e, as well as near the village Kualapuʻu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Francis Catholic Church and Molokaʻi High School.
St. Francis Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
St. Francis Catholic Church is situated 2½ miles east of Nihoa.
Molokaʻi High School
School
Molokaʻi High School is a public high school in Molokaʻi, Hawaii. It is a part of the Hawaii State Department of Education. It is located on a 27-acre expanse in a Hawaiian Homestead community approximately 7 miles miles from Kaunakakai town where the state and county offices, hospitals, doctors' offices, banks, library, family-owned grocery stores and gas stations are located. Molokaʻi High School is situated 2½ miles southwest of Nihoa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kualapuʻu and Kalaupapa.
Kualapuʻu
Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kualapuʻu is a census-designated place on the island of Molokai in Maui County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,110 at the 2020 census. Kualapuʻu can be literally translated as "hill overturned", but is thought to be a corruption of Puʻuʻuala: "sweet potato hill". Kualapuʻu is situated 2½ miles southwest of Nihoa.
Kalaupapa
Village
Photo: Sanba38, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kalaupapa is a small unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi, within Kalawao County in the U.S. state of Hawaii. In 1866, during the reign of Kamehameha V, the Hawaii legislature passed a law that resulted in the designation… Kalaupapa is situated 2½ miles east of Nihoa.
Hoʻolehua
Hamlet
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0 us.
Hoʻolehua is an unincorporated community and Hawaiian home land on the island of Molokaʻi in Maui County, Hawaii, United States. It lies just off Hawaii Route 460, next to the Molokai Airport. Hoʻolehua is situated 3½ miles west of Nihoa.
Nihoa
- Type: Locality
- Location: Maui County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
21.1839° or 21° 11′ 2″ northLongitude
-157.0197° or 157° 1′ 11″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
73H45XMJ+H4GeoNames ID
5851457
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