Tomhead Mountain

{{Short description|Mountain in California, United States}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Tomhead Mountain | other_name = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | image_alt = | image_caption =  | map =  | highest = | highest_location = | elevation = {{convert|6624|ft}} | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | elevation_system = | prominence = | prominence_m = | prominence_ft = | prominence_ref = | parent_peak = | isolation = | isolation_km = | isolation_mi = | isolation_parent = | isolation_ref = | listing = | coordinates = | coordinates_ref =  | length = | length_km = | length_mi = | length_orientation = | length_ref = | width = | width_km = | width_mi = | width_orientation = | width_ref = | area = | area_km2 = | area_mi2 = | area_ref = | volume = | volume_km3 = | volume_mi3 = | volume_ref =  | etymology = | nickname = | native_name =  | native_name_lang =  | translation = | pronunciation = | authority =  | location =  | country_type =  | country = United States | state_type = | state = [[California]] | region_type = | region =  | district_type = | district =  | part_type = | part =  | settlement_type = | settlement =  | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | range = | borders_on = | grid_ref_UK = | grid_ref_UK_ref = | grid_ref_Ireland = | grid_ref_Ireland_ref = | topo_maker = | topo_map = | biome =  | formed_by = | orogeny = | age = | type = | geology = | volcanic_zone = | volcanic_arc = | volcanic_belt = | volcanic_field = | volcanic_arc/belt = | last_eruption =  | first_ascent = | easiest_route = | normal_route = | access =  | embedded = | module = }} '''Tomhead Mountain''' is a [[summit]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[California]].<ref name="GNIS">{{GNIS|236453|name=Tomhead Mountain}}</ref> The elevation is {{convert|6624|ft}}.<ref name=GNIS />

Variant names have been "Tom's Head" and "Toms Head".<ref name=GNIS /> According to tradition, Tomhead Mountain was so named due to resemblance it shares with the profile of the early settler "Tom's" head.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.tehamaschools.org/files/TC%20Place%20Names.pdf | title=Place Names | publisher=Tehama County Department of Education | accessdate=25 March 2018 | pages=55 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508070312/http://www.tehamaschools.org/files/TC%20Place%20Names.pdf | archivedate=8 May 2017 }}</ref>

==See also== *[[South Fire]]

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[[Category:Mountains of Tehama County, California]]