United States volcano
Haleakalā
You can see 207 km from here, looking north.
Calculating the panorama…
Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.
The view
Up to 207 km away.
Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.
Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).
- 207 kmFarthest ridgelooking north
- 94%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 38%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
- 1Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 2,954 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 1 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.
The sun
The best sunsets are in May and from July to September.
When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.
- Jansouth-west40 min before the sea-level sunset58%
- Febwest34 min before the sea-level sunset53%
- Marwest28 min before the sea-level sunset47%
- Aprwest24 min before the sea-level sunset52%
- Maywest22 min before the sea-level sunset59%
- Junnorth-west22 min before the sea-level sunset58%
- Julwest22 min before the sea-level sunset60%
- Augwest22 min before the sea-level sunset64%
- Sepwest26 min before the sea-level sunset61%
- Octwest30 min before the sea-level sunset54%
- Novsouth-west38 min before the sea-level sunset52%
- Decsouth-west42 min before the sea-level sunset54%
- Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
- Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
- %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).
The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.
The place
Haleakalā.
Massive shield volcano in Hawaii
Haleakalā is a volcano in United States, 2,954 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 207 km away, looking north.
The sea fills 38% of the horizon.
1 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Mauna Kea (4,207 m), 128 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 94% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in May and from July to September.
Get there and stay
- Hōlua Campgroundcampsite · 4.1 km · 4 within 10 km
- Kēōkeanearest town · 11 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in KēōkeaBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Hana Airport (HNM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at OGG airport (Kahului)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The viewpoint and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 10other viewpoints within 5 kmLeleiwi Overlook, Kalahaku Overlook and 8 more
- 17named peaks within 5 kmKolekole, Magnetic Peak, Pākaʻaoʻao and 14 more
- 2shelters and huts within 5 kmHōlua Cabin
- 10car parks within 3 km
- 2visitor centres within 5 kmPark Headquarters Visitor Center, Haleakalā Visitor Center
- 4campsites within 10 kmHōlua Campground, Hosmer Grove, Polipoli Springs State Recreation Area and 1 more
- cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- marked trails within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
What you see from Haleakalā, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas72 mountains within 25 km
Forestyas3 forests and trees within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Haleakalā
United States
- 79Viewyas Score
- 207 kmFarthest ridge
- 1Peaks in view
- 2,954 mAltitude
Mauna Kea
United States · 129 km
- 79Viewyas Score
- 248 kmFarthest ridge
- 1Peaks in view
- 4,186 mAltitude
Mauna Loa
United States · 153 km
- 80Viewyas Score
- 246 kmFarthest ridge
- 1Peaks in view
- 4,149 mAltitude
Aloha Tower
United States · 180 km
- 84Viewyas Score
- 180 kmFarthest ridge
- 6Peaks in view
- 4 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q515719) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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