The Waimea Canyon Drive

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29.5 km

Length

+1,412 m

Ascent

−175 m

Descent

1,279 m

Highest point

Hairpins

12.7%

Max gradient

0h 39min

Drive time (approx.)

Weather on the road

At the highest point · 1,279 m

20 °C rainshowers

wind 8 m/s · clouds 32%

At the start

26 °C heavyrainshowers

wind 4 m/s · clouds 40%

	Min	Max	Precipitation	Wind
Friday 23 Oct	11 °C	21 °C	0.7 mm	8 m/s	fog
Saturday 24 Oct	13 °C	20 °C	1.8 mm	8 m/s	fog
Sunday 25 Oct	13 °C	18 °C	3.7 mm	8 m/s	cloudy

Weather data by MET Norway (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 10/23/26, 12:45 AM

Terrain and when to go

Landscape: Hill and low mountain road
Surface: asphalt 100%

Roads nearby

The Kuhio Highway

15.7 km
Length: +179 m
Ascent

29.5 km · 3 hairpins · 1,279 m

Elevation profile

What does The Waimea Canyon Drive look like?

Waimea Canyon Drive, Waimea, United States (Unsplash) · Nick Mealey nickmealey · CC0

2021-10-07 10 50 47 View northeast across Waimea Canyon from near milepost 3.7 along Hawaii State Route 550 (Waimea Canyon Drive) in Kauai, Hawaii · Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

2021-10-07 10 54 30 Small waterfall below the Red Dirt Waterfall along Hawaii State Route 550 (Waimea Canyon Drive) in Kauai, Hawaii · Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Waimea Canyon State Park Kauai Hawaii pano (32406033368) · dronepicr · CC BY 2.0

Waimea Canyon in Kauai - Waterfall (53767285734) · Tony Webster · CC BY 2.0

Waimea Canyon Park waterfall Kauai, Hawaii (44460853180) · dronepicr · CC BY 2.0

Paroaria coronata -Kauai, Hawaii, USA-8 · Ludovic Hirlimann from 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0

Kauai (7635479092) · Christopher Michel · CC BY 2.0

Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown; each opens its source page.

Start

Waimea

21.95741, -159.67201

Finish

Kauaʻi County

22.15096, -159.63803

Along the road

Toilets

11 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 28.7 km.

Restaurants and cafés

Chicken in a Barrel BBQ 0.0 km · 4 m

Wrangler Steakhouse 0.0 km · 4 m

Island Taco 0.0 km · 4 m

Kokeʻe Lodge Restaurant 24.5 km · 1,115 m

Parking

The Shrimp Station 0.0 km · 4 m

Nu'alolo Trail 24.3 km · 1,109 m

Nu'alolo Trailhead 24.3 km · 1,109 m

38 unnamed places along the road, from 0.0 km to 28.8 km.

Viewpoints

View point of kawaii, Hawaii 7.5 km · 499 m

Lookout 8.9 km · 575 m

Waimea Canyon Lookout 16.4 km · 985 m

Great overview over Canyon 17.2 km · 1,046 m

Puu Ka Pele Lookout 20.4 km · 1,032 m

Niihau 21.6 km · 1,090 m

Pu'u Hinahina Lookout 21.7 km · 1,093 m

Kalalau Lookout 28.7 km · 1,254 m

5 unnamed places along the road, from 5.2 km to 28.7 km.

Visitor centres

Kokee Discovery Center 25.2 km · 1,143 m