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Mount Lincoln

Mount Lincoln, a peak in California
Mount Lincoln, a peak in CaliforniaF ASTILY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Lincoln, a peak in California
F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Lincoln, a peak in California
F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Lincoln, a peak in California
F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Lincoln, a peak in California
F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Lincoln, a peak in California
F ASTILY · CC BY-SA 3.0

Mount Lincoln rises to 2,551 m in California. Mount Lola stands 2,788 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Disney, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 18 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Lincoln is an 8,383-foot-elevation (2,555-meter) mountain summit in Placer County, California, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q21115916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2,551 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.28768, -120.32798

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Disney: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Judah: 1.0 mi
  • Crows Nest: 1.4 mi
  • Donner Peak: 1.7 mi
  • McGlashan Point: 2.2 mi
Parks: 46
  • Lamson-Cashion Donner Summit Hub: 2.0 mi
  • Dog Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Donner Lake Property Owners Association Private Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Donner Pines West Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Donner Lake Launching Facility: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Tunnel Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Petroglyph Cliff: 2.0 mi
  • Goldilocks Wall: 2.0 mi
  • Snowshed: 2.0 mi
  • Snowshed North Face: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 21
Beaches: 17
Museums: 12
Springs: 8
  • Health Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 9.9 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 11.8 mi
  • Day Use Area: 14.4 mi
  • Lodgepole: 14.5 mi
  • Fuller Lake Day Use Site: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 6
Rest areas: 3
Artworks: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Mount Lincoln. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LolaN2,788 m10.2 mi
Castle PeakNNW2,773 m5.5 mi
Granite ChiefSSE2,749 m6.6 mi
Basin PeakNNW2,749 m6.8 mi
Tinker KnobSE2,713 m3.8 mi
Lyon PeakS2,713 m5.6 mi
Needle PeakSSE2,711 m6.2 mi
Washeshu PeakSSE2,706 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3619:5220:32
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:1816:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293135404856636155463628
Precip in6.76.66.22.72.10.70.30.40.52.23.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 262489 — Mount Lincoln, Placer County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358798512

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