Lincoln Peak
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Lincoln Peak rises to 1,212 m in Vermont. Mount Ellen stands 1,234 m to the north, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Abe, a peak 0.1 miles away. Mad River Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
Lincoln Peak is a mountain located on the border between Addison and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is part of the Lincoln Mountain section of the Green Mountains in the Green Mountain National Forest. Lincoln Peak is flanked to the southwest by Mount Abraham, and to the north by Nancy Hanks Peak, which was named after Abraham Lincoln's mother, Nancy Lincoln (née Hanks). Lincoln Peak is named after Major General Benjamin Lincoln, who was instrumental in the American Revolutionary War victory at Saratoga. The summit is in the town of Lincoln, which is also named after Benjamin Lincoln.
Lincoln Peak stands within the watershed of Lake Champlain, which drains into the Richelieu River in Québec, then into the Saint Lawrence River, and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The south face of Lincoln Peak drains into Lincoln Brook, then into the Mad River, the Winooski River, and into Lake Champlain. The east side of Lincoln Peak drains into Bradley Brook, then into the Mad River. The northeast side of Lincoln Peak drains into Clay Brook, then into the Mad River. The west face of Lincoln Peak drains by various streams into Beaver Meadow Brook, then into the New Haven River, Otter Creek, and into Lake Champlain. The Long Trail traverses the summit ridge of Lincoln Peak. Sugarbush Resort is on the northeast slope of the mountain.
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Wikidata Q6550951, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1212 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Mad River Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 24.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 25.1 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pine Brook Covered Bridge · 9 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls · 22 mi
- Overlook View · 26 mi
- limited view southeast · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Abe: 0.1 mi
- Nancy Hanks Peak: 0.4 mi
- Mount Abraham: 0.6 mi
- Cutts Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mount Ellen: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Park: 5.3 mi
- Mad River Green: 5.9 mi
- Lord's Prayer Rock: 7.0 mi
- Winona Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Granville State Reservation: 8.3 mi
- Sunset Ledge: 2.7 mi
- Tower 5: 5.0 mi
- Bristol Ledge: 7.0 mi
- Marble Ledge: 11.7 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 12.9 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 4.0 mi
- Camels Hump State Forest: 5.4 mi
- Deer Leap Natural Area: 6.6 mi
- Starksboro Town Forest: 7.2 mi
- Huntington Gap Wildlife Manangement Area: 7.4 mi
- Stony Brook Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 12.4 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 13.4 mi
- Slaughterhouse Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Upper Cox Brook Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Grave of Timothy Clark Smith: 11.5 mi
- Robert Frost Summer Home: 11.8 mi
- Statue of Capt. Alden Partridge: 13.3 mi
- B-24J bomber crash memorial plaque: 13.6 mi
- Court Square: 14.2 mi
- Mural of Cosmic Geometry: 14.7 mi
- King Kong: 14.7 mi
- Two Open Rectangles, Excentric, Variation VI: 14.7 mi
- Youbie Obie: 14.7 mi
- Chaos Xaxis: 14.8 mi
- Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design: 6.8 mi
- Sullivan Museum & History Center: 13.3 mi
- Norwich University Museum: 13.3 mi
- Sheldon Museum: 14.4 mi
- Middlebury College Museum of Art: 14.9 mi
- Warren Falls: 3.8 mi
- Bartlett Falls: 5.9 mi
- Moss Glen Falls: 8.5 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (upper): 10.1 mi
- Abbey Pond Cascades (lower): 10.1 mi
- Warren Covered Bridge: 3.7 mi
- Big Eddy Covered Bridge: 6.7 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- Finney Crossing Apartments Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Williston Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- South Burlington Community Gardens: 25.0 mi
- Accès rivière: 16.4 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Shady Rill Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 24.1 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 12.3 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 22.5 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
- Punch Bowl swimming hole: 4.5 mi
- Shelburne Beach: 23.3 mi
- Lucky Seven: 9.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Lincoln Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ellen | N 359° | 1,234 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Abraham | SW 222° | 1,223 m | 0.6 mi |
| Cutts Peak | N 360° | 1,198 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Abe | SSW 207° | 1,189 m | 0.1 mi |
| Bread Loaf Mountain | S 184° | 1,165 m | 8.6 mi |
| Nancy Hanks Peak | N 354° | 1,158 m | 0.4 mi |
| Mount Wilson | S 179° | 1,147 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Ethan Allen | N 11° | 1,120 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:55 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 15:29 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 16 | 18 | 26 | 39 | 52 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 34 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lincoln, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1461074 — Lincoln Peak, Washington County, Vermont.
OpenStreetMap element node/356555111
Day trips start here
- Waitsfield · 7 mi
- Middlebury · 14 mi
- Hinesburg · 16 mi
- Richmond · 19 mi
- Bolton Valley · 20 mi
- Charlotte · 20 mi
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