Puako, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Puako, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 230 ft at the foot of the Kohala Mountains
Elevation
230 ft 70 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m84 ft 26 m28 ft 9 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Puako sits at about 29 ft (9 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
29 ft 9 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
230 ft 70 m
at the foot of the Kohala Mountains
Average
44 ft 13 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Puako spans about 230 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
29 ft9 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Kohala Mountains
230 ft70 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Puako
3 ft1 m
Airport (MUE)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi east of the CDP boundary
2,671 ft814 m
Average of all land44 ft13 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Puako, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 230 ft at the foot of the Kohala Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Population
267 2020 Census
Land area
3.2 sq mi + 2.2 sq mi water
Density
83 per sq mi
Coordinates
19.9715° N, 155.8402° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Waimea-Kohala (MUE) 2,671 ft
ZIP codes 1
96743
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kaloko2,950 ft
  2. Waimea2,860 ft
  3. Waikoloa Village830 ft
  4. Kaiminani710 ft
  5. Hawi670 ft
  6. Kukuihaele630 ft
  7. Halaula520 ft
  8. Kapaau450 ft
  9. Kailua, Hawaii County290 ft
  10. Waikoloa Beach Resort62 ft
  11. Puako29 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mauna Kea13,803 ft
  • Mauna Loa13,670 ft
  • Hanakauhi8,907 ft
  • Hualālai8,260 ft
  • Kaumu o Kaleihoohie5,490 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 0 ft at 19.9782° N, 155.8313° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: local mean sea level (Hawaii has no national vertical datum). NGS plans to replace local mean sea level with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Puako is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.