Skip to content
Byway
Park · California

Lincoln Highway Park

Lincoln Highway Park from directly overhead

Lincoln Highway Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 144 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Duarte Garage & Lincoln Highway Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
144 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.69074, -121.77444
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 7.7 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 7.7 mi
  • Lichen Bark: 8.8 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Influx: 2.3 mi
  • Elatus: 4.7 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 5.9 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 6.0 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 47
Gardens: 34
Springs: 18
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 9.6 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 4.9 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.8 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.3 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 16.8 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Niles beach: 14.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Lincoln Highway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloNNW 330°1,173 m15.2 mi
Black MountainSSE 167°1,169 m18.0 mi
Rose PeakSSE 168°1,163 m12.7 mi
Mount LewisSSE 161°1,136 m15.4 mi
Cedar MountainSE 134°1,118 m12.9 mi
Devil's PulpitNNW 330°1,110 m15.2 mi
North PeakNNW 334°1,084 m15.6 mi
Lookout PointSSE 154°1,051 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1916:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155586369737370645448
Precip in2.82.72.21.10.50.10.00.00.10.81.52.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard60 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk44 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel43 obs
  • Western Honey Bee42 obs
  • California poppy42 obs
  • coast live oak39 obs
  • Noble False Widow39 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper37 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/24303045

More parks in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Lincoln Highway Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens