Mount Lincoln
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.
The story
Mount Lincoln is an 8,383-foot-elevation (2,555-meter) mountain summit in Placer County, California, United States.
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Wikidata Q21115916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2551 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 19.1 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic lookout · 21 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 22 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 26 mi
- Cave Rock · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Tunnel Rock: 2.0 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 2.0 mi
- Petroglyph Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Goldilocks Wall: 2.0 mi
- Snowshed: 2.0 mi
- Black Wall: 2.7 mi
- Johnson Canyon: 3.8 mi
- Bucknam Tract Conservation Easement: 5.3 mi
- Jackass Ridge Conservation Easement: 6.5 mi
- Olympic Meadow Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Schallenberger Cabin Site: 5.7 mi
- Donner Camp: 5.7 mi
- Pioneer Monument: 5.8 mi
- Watson Monument: 7.3 mi
- Victory Highway Monument: 8.0 mi
- China Cove Beach: 4.6 mi
- William Kent Beach: 13.8 mi
- Patton Beach: 14.0 mi
- Moon Dunes Beach: 15.8 mi
- Secline Beach: 16.3 mi
- The Western SkiSport Museum: 3.6 mi
- Donner Summit Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Donner Memorial State Park Museum: 5.7 mi
- Truckee-Donner Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 8.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- China Wall: 2.0 mi
- Rodeo Grounds: 8.8 mi
- Five Lakes Trailhead: 9.1 mi
- Webber Lake: 14.6 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 22.6 mi
- Donner Lake Vista Point: 3.1 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- "Snowshoe" Thompson: 3.6 mi
- The Ants: 9.2 mi
- The Big Tree: 12.9 mi
- East Snow Mountain Falls: 7.1 mi
- Weber Falls: 14.0 mi
- Hackmans Falls: 24.6 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 19.9 mi
- Deadwood: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Mount Lincoln. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lola | N 349° | 2,788 m | 10.2 mi |
| Castle Peak | NNW 348° | 2,773 m | 5.5 mi |
| Granite Chief | SSE 160° | 2,749 m | 6.6 mi |
| Basin Peak | NNW 344° | 2,749 m | 6.8 mi |
| Tinker Knob | SE 142° | 2,713 m | 3.8 mi |
| Lyon Peak | S 173° | 2,713 m | 5.6 mi |
| Needle Peak | SSE 166° | 2,711 m | 6.2 mi |
| Washeshu Peak | SSE 157° | 2,706 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Donner MEM SP, 6 mi away.
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
Day trips start here
- Truckee · 7 mi
- Olympic Valley · 8 mi
- Tahoe City · 13 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 15 mi
- Homewood · 17 mi
- Incline Village · 19 mi
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