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Kohala

1,670 m5,479 ft

Prominence: 789 m2,588 ft
Isolation: 26 km
Tonight: 57°FRain showers · Wind 6–12 mph ENE

Kohala is a 1,670 m (5,479 ft) shield volcano in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, Hawaii, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,670 m · 5,479 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mauna Kea (4,207 m)
Range: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Region: Hawaii, United States
Protected area: Private Landowner Watershed Protection Area
Coordinates: 20.0860° N, 155.7178° W

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3D map

Kohala 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Kohala topographic map

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. 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 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Kohala elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGKohala satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-12-10.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Weather

Kohala weather

Today · Rain showers · 57 / 66°F (14 / 19°C) · 39% chance of precipitation · Wind 6 mph ENE

Kohala forecast for the summit, about 1,645 m.

Today57°66°39%6 mph ENE
Sat57°71°57%1–6 mph ESE
Sun55°71°50%5 mph S
Mon57°72°49%3–8 mph SSW
Tue58°72°75%10 mph SSW
Wed59°72°75%5–8 mph W
Thu58°72°67%7 mph SSW

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Kohala

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

Nearest parking
4.7 km SSW
+2 more within 4.7 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	4.7 km SSW
Parking	4.7 km WSW
Parking	4.7 km SSW

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 76% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

75.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

16.6%

Steep, 30–45°

4.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.8%

Steeper than 30°: 7.9% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 1,313 m low point 362 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 41.7%Trees 37.0%Shrubland 21.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Kohala summit.

Summit list 8

1Opaeloa1,659 m 0.6 km E
2ʻEke1,622 m 0.9 km SW
3Puu o Umi1,599 m 1.7 km ESE
4Puʻupālailai1,490 m 2.2 km SSE
5Puu Ahia1,497 m 2.2 km WNW
6Puu Mala1,455 m 3.2 km WNW
7Puʻupohoʻulaʻula1,392 m 3.5 km SE
8Puu Lapalapa1,417 m 4.3 km WNW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 287 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Oceanblue morning glory47
Indian fig opuntia39
ʻŌhiʻa Lehua37
Hairy abutilon33
Yellow ʻilima32
Akeake30

Where it sits

Where Kohala sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Pearl HarborLake274 km WNW

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,675 m at the summit; the official height is 1,670 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,670 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,676 m	+6 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,675 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,679 m	+9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,670 m	0 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-12-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes 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.
Accuracy comparison: 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

Kohala

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

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