Mount Tom (California)

Mount Tom
Mount Tom from the northeast
Highest point
Elevation13,658 ft (4,163 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence1,972 ft (601 m)[1]
Parent peakMount Humphreys[2]
Listing
Coordinates37°20′19″N 118°39′30″W / 37.3385441°N 118.6584507°W / 37.3385441; -118.6584507[5]
Geography
Mount Tom is located in California
Mount Tom
Mount Tom
Location in California
Mount Tom is located in the United States
Mount Tom
Mount Tom
Mount Tom (the United States)
LocationInyo County, California, U.S.
Parent rangeSierra Nevada
Topo mapUSGS Mount Tom
Climbing
First ascent1860s, Thomas Clark[6]
Easiest routeScramble, class 2[7]

Mount Tom is a large and prominent peak near the city of Bishop in Inyo County of eastern California. It is in the Sierra Nevada and east of the Sierra Crest. The mountain is also in the John Muir Wilderness.

Along with its neighbor to the south, Basin Mountain, it dominates the western skyline from the upper Owens Valley.

  1. ^ a b "Mount Tom, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  2. ^ "Mount Tom". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
  3. ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  4. ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  5. ^ "Mount Tom". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  6. ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
  7. ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 141. ISBN 978-0871561473.