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Nounou Mountain, Hawaii
Prominence: 901 ft, 274 m
Elevation: 1241 feet, 378 meters
True Isolation: 3.7 mi, 5.95 km
Alternate Name(s)
Sleeping Giant; Nonou Ridge; Nonou Mountain
Subpeaks
Nonou Mountain-North Peak
(1160 ft/354 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
22° 3' 40'' N, 159° 21' 18'' W
22.061179, -159.354867 (Dec Deg)
463386 E 2439641 N, Zone 4 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Hawaii
County/Second Level Region
Kauai
City/Town
Wailua Homesteads
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Sleeping Giant (Nonou Mountain) at SummitPost.org
Nonou Mountain at ListsOfJohn.com
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Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2002-03-29 by Ben McBride
2006-04-23 by Bob Burd
2006-07-02 by Scott Surgent
2007-12-23 by Bob Burd
2011-04-01 by Derek Loranger
2011-11-16 by Scott Joyce
2012-06-03 by Brendon Chapman
2015-05-10 by Sandy Lara
2015-07-02 by Nick R (GPS Track)
2015-07-14 by Bradley Reese (GPS Track)
2017-09-26 by Thomas Caruso
View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (45 total)
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Also called and looks like Sleeping Giant
Nounou, or Sleeping Giant, is a low ridge on the lush eastern side of Kauai (1993-12-07).
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 901 ft/274 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 921 ft/280 m
Line Parent
:
Waialeale
Key Col
: 340 ft/104 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 3.7 mi/5.95 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 22.1092, -159.3808
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Hokualele
(NNW)
Ranges
Continent:
Australia-Oceania
Range2:
Polynesia
Range3:
Hawaii
Range4:
Kauai and NW Hawaii
Drainage Basins
Islands-Oceania-Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Island
Kauai
Ownership
Land: Nounou Forest Reserve
Topo Map
Kapaa O21159h3 1:24,000
Route #1
Maintained Hiking Trail
Trailhead: 541 ft/165 m
Vertical Gain: 700 ft/213 m
Distance (one way): 0.5 mi/0.8 km
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Nounou Mountain
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Other Photos
Sign at the false summit. The trail is still excellent and widely used until the summit. The only hazard is an easy 15ft scramble (2015-07-02). Photo by
Nick R
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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