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	Amboy Crater - BLM California, Needles Field Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Although Amboy Crater is not unique, it is an excellent example of a very symmetrical volcanic cinder cone.
		Beyond the crater lies 24 square miles of lava flow containing such features as lava lakes, collapsed lava tubes and sinks, spatter cones and massive flows of basalt.
		Amboy Crater is located 2.5 miles west of the small desert town of Amboy along National Trails Highway, also known as Historic Route 66.
	www.blm.gov /ca/needles/amboy.html (481 words)

	Amboy Crater - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amboy Crater and Lava Field is an extinct North American cinder cone.
		This cinder cone type crater is estimated to be around 10,000 years old and was formed in layers of mostly vesicular pahoehoe - possibly in the Holocene geological period.
		Other than a stretch of US 66 through New Mexico, Amboy Crater was the only extinct volcanic area along the entire route and generations of Route 66 travelers from the 1920s through the 1960s could honestly boast that they had climbed a real volcano.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amboy_Crater (408 words)

	CVO Website - Amboy Crater, California
		Amboy Crater is a prominent, undissected cinder cone in the northeastern quadrant of the lava field.
		Amboy Crater is not a single cone but is composed of at least four nearby coaxial nested cones.
		Most of the Amboy lava field is composed of undifferentiated flow units of relatively dense, "degassed" pahoehoe lavas that form a hummocky terrain.
	vulcan.wr.usgs.gov /Volcanoes/California/Amboy/description_amboy.html (617 words)

	Amboy Crater, 29 Palms, CA
		The crater is mostly fl in color and reaches a height of 246 feet at its top and 1508 feet around its base.
		The Amboy Crater is called a cinder cone because it is composed entirely of lava build-up and igneous rock spewed out during volcanic eruptions - some of these eruptions being so violent as to hurl huge red-hot boulders, called bombs, hundreds of yards from the crater.
		These days the Amboy Crater is on a kind of seismic short list of those dormant volcanoes along Western North America now being watched for signs of new volcanic activity.
	www.thesunrunner.com /Stories/AmboyCrater/amboycrater.html (1233 words)

	Amboy, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amboy, California is a nearly empty ghost town in California's Mojave Desert roughly sixty miles (97 km) northeast of Twentynine Palms.
		Amboy is also one of California's oldest towns, dating from 1858 and even has an unused, unrestored one-room schoolhouse dating from the 1900s.
		Amboy Crater, an extinct, 6,000-year-old cinder cone made largely of pahoehoe, rises to the west.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amboy,_California (776 words)

	Mojave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Amboy area is interesting for three reasons -- the very large and active mining operations (no picture), the 1940's/50's gas station and motel in Amboy, and the Amboy crater.
		If you're flying from the east into LAX, the flight path frequently goes just north of the crater and the crater is visible from the left (if facing forward) side of the plane.
		The gas station (at the 'cafe' sign on the far left, not shown) is still active, but the older motel cafe (the swept roof building) and the motel cottages are not used.
	www.csusm.edu /cwis/dbarrett/e_sierra/mojave/amboy.htm (208 words)

	Amboy Cemetery - San Bernardino County, California
		The town of Amboy and the famous Roy's Café are well known to travelers on old Route 66.
		Amboy volcanic crater 3 miles southwest of town is a conspicuous landmark.
		Amboy is purported to be the only town in the United States that still has drinking water delivered by rail cars.
	www.interment.net /data/us/ca/sanbern/amboy (350 words)

	Amboy Crater - Bristol Valley
		Amboy Crater, formed of ash and cinders, is 250 feet high and 1,500 feet in diameter.
		The crater is in one of the youngest volcanic eruption fields in the United States.
		Amboy Crater's recent origin and near-perfect shape led to its designation as a National Natural Landmark in 1975.
	digital-desert.com /amboy-crater (203 words)

	Amboy, Californa - Amboy Crater - DesertUSA
		Amboy is barely a settlement, let alone a destination.
		Southeast of town lies Amboy Crater, a 246-foot basalt cinder cones.
		As you near Amboy, about 45 miles from Twentynine Palms, you'll cross Bristol Lake, a dry lake mined for the calcium chloride used to de-ice roadways in colder climes.
	www.desertusa.com /mag99/sep/stories/lava.html (872 words)

	Route 66 Roy's
		The town of Amboy itself is in the Mojave desert.
		As far as history goes, Amboy was founded as a mining site and got active before the railroad gave it a stop.
		Amboy is a ghost town reminding tourists traveling Route 66 of what it once used to be.
	www.rt66roys.com (242 words)

	Route 66 Excerpt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Amboy Crater, located out with the old-time diners and abandoned gas stations along historic old Route 66, has long been a curiosity for generations of desert travelers.
		Amboy Crater and environs are covered with two kinds of lava: aa(pronounced ah-ah), sharp, hiking boot assaulting hunks of basalt and pahoehoe (pa-hoy-hoy), smoother, rope-like lava.
		While it's difficult to get lost because Route 66 and Amboy Crater are almost always in view, it is possible to get quite frustrated if you get sidetracked in the lava field labyrinth and end up involuntarily extending your short hike to the volcano.
	www.thetrailmaster.com /Route66Excerpt.html (1003 words)

	Amboy, Mojave National Preserve, California
		The Crater: Amboy Crater, a National Natural Landmark, is about 1.5 miles from the road and can be reached by a path that is slightly longer, but allows an easier journey than walking directly as the lava surface is sharp and uneven.
		The crater rises just 250 feet above the desert but this is enough to give a good view of the impressive, yet rather bleak surroundings, with Amboy clearly visible in the distance, 5 miles away.
		This general area is not quite as impressive as other Southwest volcanic locations such as Sunset Crater in Arizona or Craters of the Moon in Idaho, but it is still well worth visiting.
	www.americansouthwest.net /california/mojave/amboy_crater.html (251 words)

	Mojave Desert Ghost Towns on Route 66 - Page 2
		As you move on towards Amboy, you'll begin to notice that the bank on the north side of the highway is filled with rock-strewn graffiti of the many people who pass this way.
		Amboy is an intact town of ten buildings and supposedly twenty residents.
		In those days, Amboy was an oasis in the desert where hot and tired travelers could stop for food, a cool drink, mechanical services, and gas, while a big smile and a kind voice awaited them at Roy's Cafe and Motel.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /CA-MojaveGhostTowns2.html (902 words)

	The Lope: Amboy, California
		Wilson and White attempted to sell Amboy in 2003, an effort that ultimately landed the town on Ebay in March of 2003 and grabbed headlines, but not the asking price of 1.9 million; the highest bid was $995,000.
		Amboy Crater is an extinct 10,000-year-old cinder cone which lies within a 70 square kilometer lava field; it is 945 feet high, dates from the Holocene period and was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973.
		I have read several different versions of a story in which the crater was seen to be billowing an ominous smoke, triggering the evacuation of nearby Rt66 as well as stopping the Santa Fe railroad while everyone prepared for an eruption.
	thelope.blogspot.com /2006/01/amboy-california.html (1135 words)

	LocalHikes - Amboy Crater
		The crater is actually an ancient cinder cone near the Mojave national preserve.
		Hike Amboy Crater Feb. 14th with my wife, cuz I wanted to take her some place hot to celebrate.
		Amboy is a 10 year old's dream hike, cuz the kids can run up and down all day, while the grandparents can navigate it with walking stick.
	www.localhikes.com /Hikes/Amboycrater_4472.asp (922 words)

	Amboy Crater-Mojave Desert
		Amboy Crater was created about 6,000 years ago.
		This crater spat gaseous lava into the air and as it cooled hardened into a sharp porous rock known as cinders.
		Take the dirt road that leads to the crater west (left), and you are there.
	www.ziggy1.com /ays/md/mdac.htm (196 words)

	Route 66 Roy's: Pictures
		The Amboy shool is on the north side of the road, just east of Roy's.
		Amboy's Post Office looks very alive and well maintained compared to most of the rest of the town.
		Coming from the west, the first visible sign of Amboy is the crater.
	www.rt66roys.com /pictures (941 words)

	The Mother Road : Route 66 : Tour : Fenner to Amboy
		Amboy Crater is the most prominent of 24 cinder cones that began erupting about 6,000 years ago.
		It seems that the students of Barstow High School had too much time on their hands and spent months piling junk in the crater.
		The Federal Emergency Management Agency was notified, and residents of nearby Amboy prepared to evacuate.
	www.themotherroad.com /tour/tour4.html (232 words)

	Amboy Area
		On that fateful day the residents of Amboy awoke to see a billowing fl tendril of smoke rising from the center of the crater, high into the sky.
		A team of investigators was dispatched to fly over the crater to try to determine the extent of the impending calamity.
		Evidently these local youth had concocted a clever plan to simulate a natural disaster, and hauled old tires and junk to the crater then set the pile on fire.
	www.theroadwanderer.net /RT66amboy.htm (1562 words)

	Amboy Crater in 282 images
		Viewed from Historic Route 66, the fl volcanic cone of Amboy Crater rises from a dark lava field at the edge of Cadiz valley.
		It rises 250 feet high with a central crater 100 feet deep, (which breaches the rim on the west side).
		A mile-long trail traverses the lava field and climbs to the rim of the Amboy Crater, entering through the western breach in the rim.
	www.untraveledroad.com /USA/California/SanBernardino/AmboyCrater.htm (211 words)

	Amboy pictures and videos on Webshots (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	www.webshots.com /search?query=Amboy (230 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Supplementary Rules for the Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark/Area of Critical ...
		Hiking off established trails or upon the slopes of the crater is prohibited.
		Firearms Discharge or use of firearms, other weapons, or fireworks is prohibited within the boundaries of the Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark/Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
		Hunting Due to the extremely limited and fragile nature of all life forms within the lava flow ecosystem, the hunting, take, possession or harassment of any mammal, bird or reptile is strictly prohibited.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-GENERAL/1998/August/Day-06/g21049.htm (696 words)

	Amboy and Amboy Crater (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The remarkably picturesque Amboy Crater Volcanic Cinder Cone off of Highway 66, a forty-five minute drive northeast of Twentynine Palms, rises 256 feet above the Mojave Desert floor.
		Be sure to bring water and observe the rules of the desert.
		The town of Amboy is a fascinating old Route 66 classic stop in the Mojave.
	www.ci.twentynine-palms.ca.us /Amboy_and_Amboy_Crater.85.0.html (100 words)

	The High Desert Adventure: Sept 23, 2000
		At 9:15am we approached Amboy, passing the salt mines/flats and the Amboy Crater.
		We were informed that Amboy has its water brought in by railcar.
		One of the few buildings of Amboy, assumed to be the local church.
	www.geocities.com /greenthumb_38/cadiz/hi-desert-sept23.html (2623 words)

	Earthquake Outreach
		Fryxell talks about Amboy Crater to the group of Junior College students and Cal State students.
		Students climb up the steep trail to the rim of the crater.
		Students are looking at the mud cracks in the middle of Amboy Crater.
	geology.csusb.edu /DIVGRANT/PHOTO/amboy.htm (139 words)

	Golden Gate Photo - California, Other Localities Gallery
		These ancient lake and stream beds of the Miocene-age Barstow Formation have undergone significant tectonic buckling along local faults since they were laid down 13 to 16 million years ago.
		Amboy Crater is the most impressive feature in the 27 square mile (70 Km) Amboy Lava Field in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
		Amboy Crater was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973 by the U.S. National Park Service.
	www.goldengatephoto.com /westus/caother.html (611 words)

	Roadside Peek : Route 66 Eastern California
		The trip towards the town of Amboy is full of fun and surprises, not the least of which is the Amboy Crater stopping point.
		Legend has it that the Amboy Crater (once an active volcanic area) was used in a practical joke many years ago that eventually evacuated the entire town of Amboy.
		When you reach the town of Amboy, you are greeted by one of the most photographed signs and structures around, Roy's Motel and Cafe.
	www.roadsidepeek.com /rte66/eastca/index.htm (804 words)

	Amboy, Bagdad, and Ludlow - Mojave Desert Towns
		It became a landmark along this portion of Route 66, and many a traveler who broke down in the Mojave was glad he was there.
		Bagdad is located about six miles west of Amboy down Route 66.
		What was left of the old Route 66 town was destroyed in 1991 when the site was used as a storage area for gas pipeline.
	www.cart66pf.org /Map/66mojave.htm (1034 words)

	Duane & Christina's Great American Southwest Adventure
		Slightly to the west of Amboy is Amboy crater, a relatively young and nearly perfectly shaped fl cinder cone.
		There are many lava flows from this crater that reach all the way down to Bristol Lake, which really isn't a lake anymore, but a dry lakebed.
		From Amboy we headed east again on Route 66 towards I-40 and Needles.
	www.pd.com /~mist/southwest/jt.html (664 words)

	Roy's Motel and Cafe, along US Route 66, Amboy, California
		Just a couple of miles past the Amboy Crater, you'll come across a true relic of Route 66's heyday: Roy's Motel and Cafe.
		Roy's is pretty much the only thing in Amboy, and Amboy is pretty much a ghost town.
		Some of Amboy's old residents, and many loyal travelers, have posted their thoughts about, and memories of, the town on this website.
	www.takemytrip.com /desert/38a.htm (868 words)

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