Wainaku

Wainaku is a locality in Hawaii County, Hawaii. Wainaku is situated nearby to the suburb Puueo, as well as near Paukaa.

Places of Interest

Highlights include East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center and Pacific Tsunami Museum.

East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center

Arts center

The East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center is an art gallery, community theater, and cultural center in downtown Hilo, Hawaii. EHCC features regular art exhibitions with free or suggested donation entry to the general public.

Pacific Tsunami Museum

Museum

Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0.

The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a museum in Hilo, Hawaii dedicated to the history of the April 1, 1946 Pacific tsunami and the May 23, 1960 Chilean tsunami which devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo.

Lyman House Memorial Museum

Museum

Photo: W Nowicki, CC BY 3.0.

The Lyman House Memorial Museum, also known as the Lyman Museum and Lyman House, is a Hilo, Hawaii-based natural history museum founded in 1931 in the Lyman family mission house, originally built in 1838.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hilo and Wainaku.

Hilo

Photo: Footwarrior, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hilo is a town on the Big Island of Hawaii. The county seat and largest city in Hawaii County, Hilo is one of the best starting points to explore the eastern half of the island, including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Wainaku

Village

Photo: Paolo Salmaso, CC BY 2.0.

Wainaku is a census-designated place in Hawaiʻi County, Hawaiʻi, United States. The population was 1,147 at the 2020 census.

Paukaa

Suburb

Paukaʻa is a census-designated place in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 434 at the 2020 census, down from 467 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 96720.

Wainaku

Type: Locality
Location: Hawaii County, Hawaii, Polynesia, Oceania
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Latitude

19.7456° or 19° 44′ 44″ north

Longitude

-155.1072° or 155° 6′ 26″ west

Elevation

146 metres (479 feet)

Open location code

73F6PVWV+64

GeoNames ID

5854606

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