Mount Lincoln (Colorado)

Mount Lincoln
View of Mt Lincoln from Colorado State Highway 9
Highest point
Elevation	14,293 ft (4356.5 m) NAVD88
Prominence	3862 ft (1177 m)
Isolation	22.5 mi (36.2 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 37th US highest major peaks 23rd Colorado highest major peaks 8th Colorado fourteeners 8th Colorado county high points 8th
Coordinates	39°21′05″N 106°06′42″W / 39.3514512°N 106.1115668°W / 39.3514512; -106.1115668Coordinates: 39°21′05″N 106°06′42″W / 39.3514512°N 106.1115668°W / 39.3514512; -106.1115668
Geography
Mount Lincoln Colorado
Location	High point of Park County, Colorado, United States
Parent range	Highest summit of the Mosquito Range
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Alma, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route	hike

Mount Lincoln is the eighth-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,293-foot (4356.5 m) fourteener is the highest summit of the Mosquito Range and the eleventh-highest summit in the contiguous United States. Mount Lincoln is located in Pike National Forest, 5.2 miles (8.3 km) north-northwest (bearing 332°) of the Town of Alma in Park County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Lincoln is the highest point in Park County and the entire drainage basin of the Missouri River. The mountain was named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.

Mount Lincoln is typically climbed from the east, starting at the Roberts Road Trailhead off of Colorado Highway 9. Multiple routes ascend from this trailhead, all starting along the Quartzville Creek Jeep Trail. The shortest route climbs 3,000 ft (900 m) in 3.5 mi (5.6 km), with the upper part of the route involving hiking on broken granite and shale.

Many climbers attempt to combine the summit of Lincoln with those of Bross and Democrat in one climb.

Silver was discovered here in 1874.