Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Kawailoa, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Kawailoa and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Kawailoa
- 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 Kawailoa:
- 21.601389, -158.056111
- 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 Kawailoa
- 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
Curious and Interesting Names Near Kawailoa ...
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
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast) - Foster Village
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Foster Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foster Village
- Honolulu
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honolulu
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honolulu <2>
- Marconi
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast) - Pearl City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pearl City have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearl City
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearl City <2>
- Ranch Camp
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranch Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranch Camp
- Sunset Beach
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Beach
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunset Beach <2>
- Village Park
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Park
- Woodlawn
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
How Far From Kawailoa 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 Kawailoa to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers and using the location of where the historic<3> community of Kawailoa once stood, the straight-line distance<4> beginning in Kawailoa and extending to:
- Honolulu, which is the State Capital of Hawaii, lies 24 miles [38.6 km]<4> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could walk a straight line from Kawailoa to Honolulu, with an average speed<5> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just about two full days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,824 miles [7,763.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take 10 days, a buggy would take 189 days and walking would take 274 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,639 miles [13,903.1 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,223 miles [14,843 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,002 miles [12,878 km] and it lies to the north (N).<9>
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Hawaii: https://portal.ehawaii.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <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 Kawailoa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Kawailoa) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Kawailoa. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 21.6014, Longitude: -158.0561 In this case, the coordinates for Kawailoa have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | 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 Kawailoa to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 13.825 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 23.237 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 352.16 degrees. |