ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls is a waterfall located on the ʻŌpaekaʻa Stream in Wailua River State Park on the eastern side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai. It is a 151-foot waterfall that flows over basalt from volcanic eruptions millions of years ago.
- Waterfall
- …lies at an elevation of 29 metres (95 feet)
- …is also known as “‘Opaeka’a”
- …stands 46 metres (151 feet) tall
- Description: waterfall on the Wailua River
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Wailua Falls
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wailuā Homesteads and Wailua.
Wailuā Homesteads
Suburb
Wailua Homesteads is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaii.
Wailua
Wailua is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States.
3 km east of ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
Kapaa
Kapaʻa is an unincorporated community and…
5 km northeast of ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
22.04821° or 22° 2′ 54″ north
Longitude
-159.36201° or 159° 21′ 43″ west
Open location code
73J22JXQ+75
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway = waterfall
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls” goes by many names.
‘Opaeka’aCatalan
Cascades ‘Opaeka’aCatalan
‘Opaeka’a FallsPolish
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