Puu Ualakaa State Wayside
Puu Ualakaa State Wayside is a park in Honolulu County, Hawaii. Puu Ualakaa State Wayside is situated nearby to the locality Makiki / Lower Punchbowl / Tantalus, as well as near the suburb Makiki Heights.Places of Interest
Highlights include Liljestrand House and Institute for Astronomy.
Liljestrand House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Liljestrand House at 3300 Tantalus Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii, was designed by Vladimir Ossipoff for Dr. Howard and Betty Liljestrand, who had bought the hillside site overlooking downtown Oahu in 1948.
Institute for Astronomy
University
The Institute for Astronomy is a research unit within the University of Hawaiʻi System, led by Doug Simons as Director. IfA main headquarters are located at 2680 Woodlawn Drive in Honolulu, Hawaii, adjacent to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus.
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 Makiki Heights and Manoa.
Makiki Heights
Suburb
Photo: public domain, Public domain.
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.
Manoa
Suburb
Photo: Sdkb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Moiliili
Neighborhood
Mōʻiliʻili, Hawaii is a neighborhood of Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu. Its name means “pebble lizard” in Hawaiian. Moiliili is situated 3 km south of Puu Ualakaa State Wayside.
Puu Ualakaa State Wayside
- Type: Park
- Also known as: “Puu Ualakaa State Park”
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
21.31806° or 21° 19′ 5″ northLongitude
-157.82333° or 157° 49′ 24″ westElevation
182 metres (597 feet)Open location code
73H4859G+6MGeoNames ID
5853049
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