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Mountain · Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain · Hawaii

Diamond Head

232 m761 ft

Easiest route: 1.4 km+164 m · about 0.5 h · T1
Prominence: 181 m594 ft
Isolation: 4.3 km
Tonight: 75°FPartly cloudy · Wind 15 mph NE

Diamond Head is a 232 m (761 ft) mountain in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, Hawaii, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 232 m · 761 ft
Nearest higher peak: Tantalus (614 m)
Range: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Region: Hawaii, United States
Protected area: National Guard Ft Ruger
Coordinates: 21.2596° N, 157.8113° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Diamond Head

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Diamond Head Summit Trail (trailhead)

Distance: 1.4 kmone way
Climb: +164 m−16 m (538 ft up)
Time up: about 0.5 h
Difficulty: T1Easy trail, trainers are fine

Diamond Head elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Diamond Head 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Diamond Head terrain and contours

10 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Diamond Head Summit Trail. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 50 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Diamond Head weather

Today · Fair · 75 / 85°F (24 / 29°C) · 7% chance of precipitation · Wind 14 mph ENE

Diamond Head forecast for the summit, about 0 m.

Today75°85°7%14 mph ENE
Sat75°85°10%14 mph NE
Sun75°84°22%12 mph NE
Mon75°84°49%6–9 mph ENE
Tue75°84°72%7–12 mph ENE
Wed76°84°81%6–10 mph SE
Thu76°84°71%5–8 mph E

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 16:01 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Diamond Head

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Diamond Head, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
0.6 km SE
+2 more within 0.8 km
Directions Map
Nearest trailhead
Diamond Head Summit Trail
0.7 km NE · +2 more within 6.4 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 6

Place	Distance
Parking	0.6 km SE
Diamond Head Summit TrailTrailhead	0.7 km NE
Parking	0.8 km WNW
Parking	0.8 km ESE
Lanipo Ridge TrailheadTrailhead	5.0 km NNE
'Ulaka'a TrailTrailhead	6.4 km N

Slope

How steep is the route to Diamond Head?

The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 62 m to 232 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 62 m1.4 km · 232 m

0–15°1.1 km
15–30°0.2 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 1,381 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Red-crested Cardinal1,152
Zebra Dove817
Rock Pigeon684
Common Myna514
Common Waxbill463
Blue-billed White-Tern442

Where it sits

Where Diamond Head sits

Ranked in 1

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Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Halulu Lake258 km WNW

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Downloads

Diamond Head downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGDiamond Head satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-03.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXDiamond Head GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

21 m low This 3D map reads 211 m at the summit; the official height is 232 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 31 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	232 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	211 m	-21 m
Copernicus GLO-90	201 m	-31 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-02-03)
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Diamond Head

From Diamond Head Summit Trail (trailhead)

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Nearest trailhead

Data sources