Kaniakapūpū Ruins
Kaniakapūpū Ruins is a ruins in Honolulu County, Hawaii. Access is restricted and requires permission. Kaniakapūpū Ruins is situated nearby to Nuʻuanu Reservoir Number 3, as well as near ʻĀlewa Heights Spring.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mānoa Falls and Mount Tantalus.
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. Mānoa Falls is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Kaniakapūpū Ruins.
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. Lyon Arboretum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Kaniakapūpū Ruins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manoa-Makiki and Manoa.
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
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. Manoa is situated 3 miles south of Kaniakapūpū Ruins.
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. Makiki Heights is situated 3 miles south of Kaniakapūpū Ruins.
Kaniakapūpū Ruins
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, North America
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Latitude
21.35076° or 21° 21′ 3″ northLongitude
-157.81445° or 157° 48′ 52″ westOpen location code
73H4952P+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 5750422122OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Highlights include Nuʻuanu Reservoir Number 3 and ʻĀlewa Heights Spring.
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