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Mount Waialeale

1,569 m5,148 ft

Mapped trail: 2.9 km+257 m · about 1 h · T3Ends 970 m below the summit.
Tonight: 58°FRain showers · Wind 7–12 mph NNE

Mount Waialeale is a 1,569 m (5,148 ft) mountain in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, Hawaii, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,569 m · 5,148 ft
Prominence: 1,569 m · 5,148 ft
Range: Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain
Region: Hawaii, United States
Protected area: Lihu'e-koloa Forest Reserve
Spanish name: Monte Waialeale
Coordinates: 22.0707° N, 159.4979° W

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Route

Trails toward Mount Waialeale

Mapped trails from the road get to 970 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.

From Road end, 3.2 km ESE of Mount Waialeale

Distance: 2.9 kmone way
Climb: +257 m(843 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: T3Demanding: exposed spots, some easy scrambling

Mount Waialeale elevation profile

Ends 970 m below the summit.

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

Mount Waialeale 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Waialeale terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

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

Mount Waialeale weather

Today · Rain showers · 58 / 68°F (14 / 20°C) · 30% chance of precipitation · Wind 8 mph NE

Mount Waialeale forecast for the summit, about 837 m.

Today58°68°30%8 mph NE
Sat57°75°41%12 mph NNE
Sun57°74°50%9 mph NE
Mon58°75°65%6 mph ENE
Tue59°75°83%12 mph ENE
Wed61°76°87%8–13 mph E
Thu61°76°86%12 mph E

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

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Mount Waialeale

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

Nearest parking
3.8 km ESE
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
Parking	3.8 km ESE

Slope

How steep is the route to Mount Waialeale?

The easiest mapped route, 2.9 km from 336 m to 592 m. Steepest stretch: 17°.

0 km · 336 m2.9 km · 592 m

0–15°2.8 km
15–30°0.1 km

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

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 66.6%Shrubland 18.7%Grassland 14.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Mount Waialeale sits

Ranked in 1

#43 Treks and hikes in United States

Nearby

Nearby places

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Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGMount Waialeale satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXMount Waialeale 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?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,563 m at the summit; the official height is 1,569 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,569 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	1,569 m	-0 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,563 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,565 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,559 m	-10 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-27)
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)
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

Mount Waialeale

From Road end, 3.2 km ESE of Mount Waialeale

West → east through the summit

Nearest parking

Data sources