GPS Coordinates of

Cook Landing Site United States

Central address: 4477 Alawai Rd, Waimea, HI 96796, USA

Elevation: 5.349
Time Zone: Pacific/Honolulu

Latitude: 21° 57' 10.1916'' N
Longitude: 159° 39' 57.4488'' W

Cook Landing Site, United States

The latitude of Cook Landing Site is 21.952831, and the longitude is -159.665958. Cook Landing Site is located in Island Of Hawaii, United States with the gps coordinates of 21° 57' 10.1916'' N and 159° 39' 57.4488'' W. The category of Cook Landing Site is Historic Sites.

The Cook Landing Site in Waimea on Kauaʻi island in Hawaii, is where Captain James Cook landed at the mouth of the Waimea River on January 20, 1778. Cook was the first European reported to have sighted the Hawaiian Islands, and the January 20 landfall on southwestern Kauaʻi was his first arrival upon Hawaiian soil. Cook Landing Site was registered as a National Historic Landmark on December 29, 1962. Hofgaard Park is a small county park in Waimea, a few blocks from the actual landing, that commemorates the historic events of Cook's landing.

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Historic Sites