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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall on the Wailua River
- Also known as: “‘Opaeka‘a Falls”, “‘Opaeka’a Falls”, and “Opaekaa Falls”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wailua Falls and Sleeping Giant.
Wailua Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Caracas1830, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Wailua Falls is a waterfall on the island of Kauai, part of the US state of Hawaii. The 173 foot falls are located on the South Fork Wailua River near Lihue.
Sleeping Giant
Peak
Sleeping Giant, also known as Nounou Mountain, is a mountain ridge located west of the towns Wailua and Kapaʻa in the Nounou Forest Reserve on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi.
Kukui Heiau
Temple
Photo: Sho73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kukui Heiau, near Wailua, Hawaii, also known as ʻAʻa Kukui, is a historic archeological site that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Kukui Heiau is situated 2 miles east of ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls.
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. The population was 5,863 at the 2020 census, up from 4,567 at the 2000 census.
Wailua
Village
Photo: Hotboxers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wailua is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 2,359 at the 2020 census, up from 2,083 at the 2000 census. Wailua is situated 2 miles east of ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls.
Kapaa
Town
Photo: Travis.Thurston, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kapaʻa is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. It is the most populous town in the island of Kauai, with a population of 11,652 as of the 2020 census, up from 9,471 at the 2000 census. Kapaa is situated 3½ miles northeast of ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls.
ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kauai, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.04821° or 22° 2′ 54″ northLongitude
-159.36201° or 159° 21′ 43″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Height
151 feet (46 metres)Open location code
73J22JXQ+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 1275498046OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5851781Wikidata ID
Q4540511
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cascades ‘Opaeka’a”
- Catalan: “Cascades ’Opaeka’a”
- French: “cascade d’ʻŌpaekaʻa”
- French: “Cascade d’ʻŌpaekaʻa”
- Polish: “‘Opaeka’a Falls”
- Polish: “ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls”
- Spanish: “Cascadas de ʻŌpaekaʻa”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wailua House Lots and Waipouli.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Opaeka`a Falls View and Kamokila Hawaiian Village.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls”. Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.