Wailua Falls
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Caracas1830, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls and Sleeping Giant.
ʻŌpaekaʻa Falls
Waterfall
Photo: Bob Linsdell, CC BY 3.0.
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.
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. Sleeping Giant is situated 2½ miles northeast of Wailua 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. Wailuā Homesteads is situated 1½ miles north of Wailua Falls.
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 3 miles northeast of Wailua Falls.
Hanamaulu
Village
Hanamāʻulu is a census-designated place in Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. It is the ancient birthplace of Kawelo, a member of Kauai's ruling family. The population was 4,994 at the 2020 census, up from 3,272 at the 2000 census. Hanamaulu is situated 3 miles southeast of Wailua Falls.
Wailua Falls
- Type: Waterfall
- Description: waterfall along the river
- Category: body of water
- Location: Kauai, Hawaii, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.03463° or 22° 2′ 5″ northLongitude
-159.37858° or 159° 22′ 43″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Height
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
73J22JMC+VHOpenStreetMap ID
node 3836727349OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=waterfallGeoNames ID
5854478Wikidata ID
Q4102427
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Russian—“Wailua Falls” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شلالات وايلوا”
- Catalan: “Cascades Wailua”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شلالات وايلوا”
- French: “chutes de Wailua”
- French: “Chutes de Wailua”
- Japanese: “ワイルア滝”
- Persian: “آبشار وایلوا”
- Persian: “ابشار وایلوا”
- Polish: “Wailua Falls”
- Russian: “Ваилуа (водопад)”
- Russian: “Ваилуа”
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Localities in the Area
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