| Mount Tom | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Mount-tom.jpg) Mount Tom from the northeast | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,658 ft (4,163 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,972 ft (601 m)[1] |
| Parent peak | Mount Humphreys[2] |
| Listing |
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| Coordinates | 37°20′19″N 118°39′30″W / 37.3385441°N 118.6584507°W[5] |
| Geography | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Relief_map_of_California.png)  Mount Tom Location in California &sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Mount Tom Mount Tom (the United States) | |
| Location | Inyo County, California, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sierra Nevada |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Tom |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1860s, Thomas Clark[6] |
| Easiest route | Scramble, 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.
- ^ a b "Mount Tom, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ "Mount Tom". ListsOfJohn.com. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Climber.org. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
- ^ "Mount Tom". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
- ^ Roper, Steve (1976). The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 141. ISBN 978-0871561473.