Wainaku, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wainaku, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on Hilo Bay to 660 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
660 ft 205 m500 ft 150 m420 ft 125 m250 ft 75 m83 ft 25 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

Wainaku sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 97–520 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Hilo Bay
Highest
660 ft 205 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
280 ft 85 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Wainaku spans about 660 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
660 ft205 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Hilo Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wainaku
160 ft50 m
Airport (ITO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.8 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
38 ft12 m
Average of all land280 ft85 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wainaku, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on Hilo Bay to 660 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States
Population
1,147 2020 Census
Land area
1.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
868 per sq mi
Coordinates
19.7426° N, 155.0921° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Hilo International (ITO) 38 ft
ZIP codes 1
96720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountain View1,740 ft
  2. Kurtistown640 ft
  3. Pepeekeo540 ft
  4. Orchidlands Estates490 ft
  5. Honomu320 ft
  6. Keaau300 ft
  7. Hilo280 ft
  8. Wainaku260 ft
  9. Papaikou220 ft
  10. Hawaiian Paradise Park220 ft
  11. Paukaa190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mauna Kea13,803 ft
  • Mauna Loa13,670 ft
  • Hualālai8,260 ft
  • Kaumu o Kaleihoohie5,490 ft
  • Hālaʻi390 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).
  • 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, −2 ft at 19.7476° N, 155.0904° 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.
  • Wainaku 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.