Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Honolulu, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Honolulu and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Honolulu
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Honolulu:
- 21.306864, -157.855629
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- The Heavens-Above Website, centered on Honolulu
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Waymark.com
Communities Also Named Honolulu ...
We found four communities that share the name Honolulu.
There is one other community in Hawaii which is also named Honolulu.
Beyond Hawaii, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Hawaii ...
- Unknown
- The profile page for Honolulu #1
- This Honolulu lies 226 miles [363.7 km]<1> to the east southeast.
- Unknown
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- North Carolina
- Ohio
Curious and Interesting Names Near Honolulu ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Chinatown
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest) - Foster Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Village have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Village
- Marconi
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north) - Pearl City
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl City <5>
- Ranch Camp
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranch Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Camp
- Sunset Beach
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset Beach <5>
- Village Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
- Woodlawn
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
How Far From Honolulu to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Honolulu to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Honolulu and extending to:
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,825 miles [7,765.1 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could drive a straight line from Honolulu to White House, with an average speed<6>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take 10 days to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 275 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 189 days.
- The shortest distance<7> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,662 miles [13,940.1 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<8>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,246 miles [14,880 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<9>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,020 miles [12,906.9 km] and it lies to the north (N).<10>
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Honolulu. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Honolulu) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Honolulu. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 21.3069, Longitude: -157.8556 |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Honolulu could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Honolulu, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <7> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Honolulu to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 13.673 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 23.11 degrees. |
| <10> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 351.976 degrees. |