"Hanapueo Falls" and "Lower Umauma Falls"

About “Hanapueo Falls” and “Lower Umauma Falls”

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Both the “Hanapueo Falls” and the “Lower Umauma Falls” (informal names I’m giving them after their respective stream names according to our Topo map) are visible from a bridge along Highway 19.

These falls basically got our attention as we were zooming along the highway and rubbernecked towards the gulch as we crossed over the road bridge crossing high above the gorge.

Hwy_19_024_03092007 - Hanapueo Falls and Lower Umauma Falls seen together from Hwy 19 — Hanapueo Falls and Lower Umauma Falls seen together from Hwy 19

I can only imagine how many more motorists miss these falls just zooming along unaware of the scene here.

To further add spice to the scene here, we were even able to see Mauna Kea behind these falls on a clear day!

As for trying to get a closer look, we looked around from the large pullout on the south side of the bridge.

However, we weren’t successful finding a way to get closer to either of the falls.

That doesn’t mean such paths don’t exist.

Umauma_Stream_012_02232008 - Looking above the Lower Umauma Falls towards the summit of Mauna Kea — Looking above the Lower Umauma Falls towards the summit of Mauna Kea

It’s just that we couldn’t figure them out (assuming they exist).

Authorities

As far as I know, the Hanapueo Falls and “Lower Umauma Falls” are not administered by any official authority. For information or inquiries about the general area as well as current conditions, you may want to try visiting the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) website.

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Lower Umauma Falls February 25, 2013 6:50 pm by Jose Luis Sanchez Esteban - The best close-up of these Falls I could get. ...Read More

Lower Hanapueo Falls should be your title October 10, 2011 4:33 pm by Mark Robinson - Your site references Hanapueo Falls, although there is one falls that is only seen from the World Botanical Gardens in a serene river trail that leads to this private and intimate smaller falls that is upper Hanapueo Falls. The falls shown on your site presently is lower Hanapueo Falls which is only viewable from the… ...Read More

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