Editing Mākaha, Hawaii (section)

== Geography  ==
[[Image:Mākaha-Beach-Park.jpg|thumb|left|[[Mākaha Beach Park]] with the slopes of the [[Waianae Mountains]] on the right]]
[[Image:Green-Sea-Turtle-Mākaha-Beach-Park.jpg|thumb|right|[[Green sea turtle]] at [[Mākaha Beach Park]], January 2014]]
Mākaha is located at {{coord|21|28|14|N|158|12|51|W|type:city}} (21.470569, -158.214159).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|5.2|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.3|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|2.9|sqmi|km2}}, or 55.53%, is water. Mākaha is the last town going northbound on the [[leeward]] side of [[O'ahu]], and is a part of [[Honolulu County]]. It is located at the bottom of the [[Waianae Mountains]], adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and the [[Mākaha Valley, Hawaii|Mākaha Valley]] to the east. It is located at the foot of [[Mt. Ka'ala]], which is just east of Mākaha and is the highest point on the island of O'ahu at 4,020 feet.

To get here by public transportation, the express city bus C (Route C – Country Express) is the most direct option, as it stays along the coast. The Bus 40 goes up Mākaha Valley Road to the golf courses and then goes down Kili Drive to [[Mākaha Beach Park]].<ref name="Kennedy 2009 Page 235">Kennedy, Scott and Sara Benson (2009). ''Honolulu, Waikiki & O’ahu''. Lonely Planet. p. 235. {{ISBN|9781741048650}}.</ref> It leaves daily from the [[Ala Moana Shopping Center]] in [[Downtown Honolulu]]. By car, you would want to follow [[Kamehameha Highway]] just north off [[Pearl Harbor]], and then onto [[Farrington Highway]] (93) in the west. You would want to follow Farrington Highway northbound on Oahu's west shore until you pass the neighboring town of [[Waiʻanae, Hawaiʻi|Waiʻanae]]. The town of Mākaha is next, and the last one of the leeward towns on O’ahu. Mākaha Beach Park in the town center is located on 84-369 Farrington Hwy, Makaha HI 96792.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.to-hawaii.com/oahu/beaches/makaha-beach-park.php|title = Makaha Beach Park, Oahu}}</ref>