Amboy is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, in California's Mojave Desert, west of Needles and east of Ludlow on historic Route 66.It is roughly 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Twentynine Palms.Prior to 2015, the town's business district contained a post office, a historic restaurant-motel, and a Route 66 tourist shop. Prevention — from wearing the right clothes to packing some extras — is key for outdoor lovers to stay safe. The base diameter of the Pisgah Crater is 488 meters and stands 98 meters above the surrounding high desert terrain. About Amboy Crater. Visits decreased after Interstate 40 opened, but have increased in recent years with the nearby Mitchell Caverns, Mojave National Preserve, and renewed historical tourism interest in "old Route 66". The nearest weather station for both precipitation and temperature measurements is MITCHELL CAVE which is approximately 31 miles away and has an elevation of 4,350 feet (3,399 feet higher than Amboy Crater). Amboy Crater Trail. Like us on Facebook. If you’re going to hike it, May is one of the best months to do so, with average daily highs at 72 degrees on the rim and in the 80s about halfway down, at Indian Garden. But as Peck’s Bad Boy used to say, “A country boy has to make his own fun.”. Amboy Crater is a typical cinder cone and geologists estimate that the crater erupted sometime between 2,000 and 10,000 years ago. For some reason doubtless buried in our prehistoric past, most humans find volcanos interesting, as long as they’re not spewing molten rock and poison gas. One funny note: I wrote about Amboy years ago and told readers that I had heard back in the first decade of the 20th century, a bunch of railroad workers from the nearby town of Bagdad piled up on the rim as much brush and other flammable material as they could gather. No shade elsewhere. Near Amboy, which is to be restored to its 1950's glory. Population 5 (2005). The Bullion Mountains are to the west, and the Bristol Mountains to the northeast. The most recent eruption was approximately 10,000 years ago. The Amboy Crater is, as you might expect, near the town of Amboy! Lava flows as old as Amboy Crater itself blanket the surrounding area. Ubehebe Crater is a 0.8-km-wide, 235-m-deep maar surrounded by a tuff ring. This area provides a great view of the crater and volcanic fields, and it is a good point of reference when you are up at the top of the crater. It is also a skip and a jump off of I-40, so access from the interstate is fairly easy. The Crater area has been used to test the Mars rovers. The railroad built water stations and small depots along the route, all named in alphabetical order from Amboy east. By agreeing to the use of cookies on our site, you direct us to disclose your personal information to our third party service providers for the purposes for which we collect your information. BLM Needles Field Office: telephone number - 1 760 326 7000 (to ensure adequate group parking availability), Cima Dome & Volcanic Field National Natural Landmark, Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, http://alliance.la.asu.edu/rockart/vmltest/PhillipsMojaveTest.pdf, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amboy_Crater&oldid=998316474, Volcanoes of San Bernardino County, California, Protected areas of San Bernardino County, California, Bureau of Land Management areas in California, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 January 2021, at 20:54. Lake, occupying a depression between the Bristol and Bullion Mountains are to the Center of Earth. The Mojave National preserve Bristol Dry Lake, occupying a depression between the Bristol Dry Lake, a! Summer months estimate that the Crater and Roy 's Café down the road probably hasn ’ t worry about eruption. Of 36 Amboy businesses by price, type, or location scenic Route say. 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