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Amboy Crater

Amboy Crater, seen from above at true elevation

Amboy Crater rises to 290 m in California. Granite Peak stands 2,061 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

The story

extinct volcano in the Mojave Desert of California, United States

Wikidata Q4741685, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
290 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.54388, -115.79111

47 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 15
  • Amboy Crater: 0.1 mi
  • Windy Point: 8.3 mi
  • Dish Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Lead Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Brown Buttes: 13.1 mi
Springs: 12
  • Budweiser Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Willow Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Cove Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Van Winkle Spring: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 4
Parks: 2
  • Range 410: 18.6 mi
  • Range 400: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Buddha: 2.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Amboy Crater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakNNE 17°2,061 m18.1 mi
Silver PeakNNE 16°1,946 m19.3 mi
Granite Peak PlateauNNE 20°1,801 m17.7 mi
Van Winkle MountainNE 34°1,402 m18.5 mi
White FangNNE 28°1,390 m18.6 mi
Hidden HillNE 37°1,181 m23.1 mi
Brown ButtesNNE 26°943 m13.1 mi
Lead MountainWSW 238°862 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2218:55
June solstice05:3219:2320:00
September equinox06:3218:0818:41
December solstice06:4715:5816:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358779655

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