Amboy Crater

Route 66 passes through the very small Amboy, and nearby is the Amboy Crater, a 250' high volcanic cone.

You can climb up the western side - follow the signs! - and then walk around the rim.

The land is owned by the BLM and they have a sign there says its about 6000 years old, and last erupted 500 years.



When I got into the central crater there was a really pleasant smell from a small mostly green plant. I looked in a plant book but didn't see it.





On the way back I saw this little lizard fella in the lava field