Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy).
When in Puumakani, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Puumakani and the surrounding area.
- Weather ...
- Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
- The National Weather Service forecast for Puumakani
- 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 Puumakani:
- 20.781111, -156.888611
- 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 Puumakani
- 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 Puumakani ...
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.
- Airport Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Airport Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Airport Village
- Crater Village
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crater Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crater Village
- Happy Valley
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Happy Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Happy Valley
- Lunaville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast) - Manila Camp
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Manila Camp have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manila Camp
- Ranch Camp
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)- 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
- Sam Sing Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sam Sing Village have been provided by the GNIS.<1> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Sing Village
How Far From Puumakani to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Puumakani 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<2> community of Puumakani once stood, the straight-line distance<3> beginning in Puumakani and extending to:
- Honolulu, which is the State Capital of Hawaii, lies 72 miles [115.9 km]<3> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Puumakani to Honolulu, with an average speed<4>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than two hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 4 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of three days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 4,795 miles [7,716.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take 10 days, a buggy would take 188 days and walking would take 273 days.
- The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 8,712 miles [14,020.6 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<6>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 9,304 miles [14,973.3 km] and it lies to the north northwest (NNW).<7>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 8,047 miles [12,950.4 km] and it lies to the north (N).<8>
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> | 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 Puumakani, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | 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- Puumakani) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Puumakani. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 20.7811, Longitude: -156.8886 In this case, the coordinates for Puumakani have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <4> | 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. |
| <5> | 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 Puumakani to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 12.778 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 22.147 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 351.149 degrees. |