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Mount Lincoln
- Easiest route
- 1.9 km+128 m · about 0.5 h
- Prominence
- 1,174 m3,851 ft
- Isolation
- 36 km
- Tonight
- 27°FFair · Wind 6–10 mph SSW
Mount Lincoln is a 4,354 m (14,285 ft) mountain in the Mosquito Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,354 m · 14,285 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Massive (4,395 m)
- Range
- Mosquito Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Spanish name
- Monte Lincoln
- Coordinates
- 39.3514° N, 106.1115° W
How to get to the top of Mount Lincoln
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 1.4 km S of Mount Lincoln
- Distance
- 1.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +128 m−20 m (420 ft up)
- Time up
- about 0.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Lincoln 3D map
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Mount Lincoln terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount Lincoln weather
Tonight · Fair · 27°F (-3°C) · Wind 6–10 mph SSW
Mount Lincoln forecast for the summit, about 3,786 m.
- Tonight27°–6–10 mph SSW
- Sat25°30°66%12–15 mph SE
- Sun23°29°61%9–17 mph SSE
- Mon21°30°15%6–12 mph WNW
- Tue21°33°6%12–16 mph WSW
- Wed22°32°2%9–18 mph WSW
- Thu23°33°4%8–13 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Lincoln
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Lincoln, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
2.4 km NW
Nearest trailhead
Wheeler Lake Trailhead
Nearest campsite
6.8 km NNE
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 2.4 km NW |
| Parking | 2.5 km ENE |
| Wheeler Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 2.6 km ENE |
| Parking | 2.8 km SSW |
| Upper Blue Lakes TrailheadTrailhead | 4.0 km NNE |
| Lower Blue Lakes TrailheadTrailhead | 4.5 km NNE |
| Campsite | 6.8 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Mount Lincoln?
The easiest mapped route, 1.9 km from 4,246 m to 4,354 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°1.9 km
- 15–30°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Mount Lincoln summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Mount Cameron4,335 m 0.8 km SW
- 2Mount Bross4,322 m 1.8 km S
- 3Mount Democrat4,315 m 2.8 km WSW
- 4Traver Peak4,223 m 3.3 km WNW
- 5Clinton Peak4,210 m 3.7 km WNW
- 6McNamee Peak4,197 m 3.8 km WNW
- 7Wheeler Mountain4,154 m 3.8 km NNW
- 8Mount Buckskin4,205 m 4.8 km SW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 417 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Goat103
- American Pika72
- Yellow-bellied Marmot71
- American bistort62
- Elephant's-Head lousewort61
- Blue columbine60
Where Mount Lincoln sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Fremont Pass3,450 m↑6.7 km WNW
Vail Pass3,250 m↑22 km NNW
Dillon ReservoirLake · 2,748 m↑29 km N
Mount of the Holy CrossPeak · 4,269 m↑34 km WNW
Mount MassivePeak · 4,395 m↑36 km WSW
More in the Rocky Mountains 6
Mount Lincoln downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,355 m at the summit; the official height is 4,354 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,354 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,356 m | +2 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,355 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,348 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,338 m | -16 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia