Wailua, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wailua, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 680 ft at the foot of the Makaleha Mountains
Elevation
680 ft 205 m510 ft 155 m420 ft 130 m250 ft 75 m85 ft 26 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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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

Wailua sits at about 54 ft (16 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
54 ft 16 m
most residents: 8–98 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Highest
680 ft 205 m
at the foot of the Makaleha Mountains
Average
86 ft 26 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Wailua spans about 680 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
54 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Makaleha Mountains
680 ft205 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wailua
17 ft5 m
Airport (LIH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi south of the CDP boundary
152 ft46 m
Average of all land86 ft26 m
Nearest peak
Wēkiu, 5.6 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
3,220 ft980 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wailua, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on the Pacific Ocean to 680 ft at the foot of the Makaleha Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States
Population
2,359 2020 Census
Land area
1.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,536 per sq mi
Coordinates
22.0492° N, 159.3352° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Lihue (LIH) 152 ft
ZIP codes 1
96746
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Omao470 ft
  2. Wailua Homesteads330 ft
  3. Kilauea310 ft
  4. Puhi300 ft
  5. Koloa210 ft
  6. Lihue200 ft
  7. Kapaa180 ft
  8. Hanamaulu150 ft
  9. Kalihiwai150 ft
  10. Anahola110 ft
  11. Wailua54 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Waiʻaleʻale5,130 ft
  • Nāmolokama Mountain4,410 ft
  • Puʻukamaha4,330 ft
  • Wēkiu3,220 ft
  • Pānīʻau1,280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • Wailua 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. All public domain.