Amboy Crater is an extinct North American volcano. It's a cinder-cone type of volcano that rises over a 27-square-mile lavafield in the Mojave Desert.

It's only one-and-a-half miles from historic Route 66. There is a small rest area near the crater for site-seers and motorists.

It's estimated to be 79,000 years old. It's most recent eruption was estimated to be around 10,000 years ago. It's around 250-feet above the surrounding desert.