Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve

Places of Interest

Mānoa Falls

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Danieljaycho, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mānoa Falls is a 150-foot waterfall along the Manoa Falls Trail in Honolulu, Hawaii. Swimming in the pool below the waterfall is highly discouraged because there is a threat of becoming infected with Leptospirosis, a disease causing mild to moderate flulike symptoms that can last for 1 to 2 weeks.

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.

Lyon Arboretum

Garden

Photo: Daderot, Public domain.

The Harold L. Lyon Arboretum is a 200-acre arboretum and botanical garden managed by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa located at the upper end of Mānoa Valley in Hawaiʻi.

Places in the Area

Manoa-Makiki

Photo: Straitgate, Public domain.

Manoa and Makiki are two prominent neighborhoods of Honolulu situated in the foothills of the Ko'olau Mountains north of Downtown Honolulu. Along with Nu'uanu, these neighborhoods sit within valleys which extend into the Ko'olau Range, varying in character…

Manoa

Suburb

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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. Manoa is situated 3 miles south of Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve.

Makiki Heights

Suburb

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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. Makiki Heights is situated 3 miles southwest of Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve.

Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve

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Places with the Same Name

Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Forests to Discover

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