Mount Tom is a large and prominent peak near the city of Bishop in Inyo County of eastern California.

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

[8] The mountain is currently named for Thomas Clark, a resident of the pioneer town of Owensville, who is credited with being the first white settler to ascend the peak in the 1860s.

From Horton Lake hikers head up the southern ridge of Mount Tom to the summit with 1,750 feet of off trail class 2 scrambling.

[11] On March 26, 2005, five skiers in Elderberry Canyon on Mount Tom were caught in two separate avalanches caused by the same party.