United States 
In numbers.
61m
Height
Feb–Apr
Dec
Best months
120m
Elevation
The water at Makahiku Falls, month by month
It roars from December to April.
The fullest months: from December to April. The thinnest: July.
- 77%Jan
- 79%Feb
- 100%Mar
- 77%Apr
- 51%May
- 30%Jun
- 25%Jul
- 32%Aug
- 33%Sep
- 47%Oct
- 66%Nov
- 81%Dec
Best months to go, with plenty of water and pleasant days: from February to April and December.
Estimate from rain, snowmelt and evaporation month by month (NASA POWER, 1991–2020) around the falls. Dams upstream can change the real flow.
Waterfall
Makahiku Falls is a waterfall in United States. The water falls 61 m. It lies within Haleakalā National Park.
Getting there.
- Hananearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Parking 630 m awaynearest car park in OpenStreetMap, straight line
- Hana Airport (HNM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 15 km in a straight lineCar hire at OGG airport (Kahului)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- From February to April and Decemberbest months to go (estimate)
Plan your visit
Stay, explore and get there
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How big is it?
How big it really is.
Height of the drop from Wikidata. Buildings and the person are drawn at the same scale.
Seen from the sky.
8 × 8 km of cloud-free satellite image, with what OpenStreetMap knows around the falls.
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2 km
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 8 × 8 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The line follows the river as mapped in OpenStreetMap; heights from the 30 m Copernicus model, which smooths narrow drops — the published height of the falls is the one above.
Around the falls the river drops 164 m in 1.7 km.
What is around.
- 3viewpointsMakahiku Overlook, Bridge
- 1waymarked walking routesPīpīwai Trail
- 1car parks
- —swimming spots
- 2picnic sites
- 3toilets
- —information boards and visitor centres
- —bus stops within 1 km
- 5other named waterfalls within 4 kmWailua Falls, Waimoku Falls, Kanahuali‘i Falls and 2 more
- —caves
- 1campsitesKīpahulu Campground
- 1hotels, B&Bs and huts within 6 kmHana Accomodations
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, up to 2 km around the falls (unless noted). A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Towns nearby
- Hana12 km in a straight line
- Wailua22 km in a straight line
Weather
The weather, month by month.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon °C | 24 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
| Night °C | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 77 | 100 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 43 | 54 | 49 | 67 | 78 | 83 |
| Wet days | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Sun h/day | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
Long-term averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, with temperatures carried to the height of the falls (120 m) at −6.5 °C per 1,000 m. Not a forecast.
Recent years
Wet years and dry years
Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A wet season above 100 % usually means a fuller waterfall.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 159% | 57% | 123% | 80% | 57% | 68% | 84% | 32% | 40% | 114% | 127% | 62% |
| 2021 | 173% | 89% | 109% | 48% | 79% | 45% | 113% | 51% | 78% | 43% | 59% | 267% |
| 2022 | 56% | 29% | 60% | 113% | 206% | 85% | 59% | 56% | 62% | 50% | 74% | 117% |
| 2023 | 95% | 176% | 108% | 126% | 78% | 57% | 23% | 21% | 33% | 20% | 56% | 41% |
| 2024 | 53% | 40% | 63% | 56% | 95% | 47% | 28% | 53% | 25% | 57% | 44% | 12% |
| 2025 | 89% | 26% | 46% | 61% | 46% | 89% | 59% | 47% | 41% | 68% | 92% | 95% |
130% wetter than usual 70% drier than usual
Compare with the waterfalls nearby.
Makahiku Falls
United States
- 61 mHeight
- —Average flow
- Feb–Apr, DecBest months
About these numbers
| Names, height, width, river | Wikidata (Q38600) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Climate | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 |
| Relief, river profile, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Paths, viewpoints, parking | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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