Mountain · California

Amboy Crater

288 m944 ft

Prominence: 70 m228 ft
Isolation: 5.4 km
Tonight: 60°FFair · Wind 10–18 mph WNW

Amboy Crater is a 288 m (944 ft) mountain in California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 288 m · 944 ft
Nearest higher peak: Pisgah Crater (776 m)
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Needles Field Office
Coordinates: 34.5438° N, 115.7908° W

Open the 3D view

3D map

Amboy Crater 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Amboy Crater terrain and contours

5 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 25 mShowing west → east through the summit

Amboy Crater elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Amboy Crater weather

Tonight · Fair · 60°F (16°C) · 2% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–18 mph WNW

Amboy Crater forecast for the summit, about 233 m.

Tonight60°2%10–18 mph WNW
Sat60°80°2%12–22 mph NW
Sun61°83°–2–6 mph W
Mon61°84°–1–5 mph NE
Tue62°84°–1–5 mph SSW
Wed62°83°1%1–6 mph WSW
Thu62°80°3%1–6 mph WSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Amboy Crater

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Amboy Crater, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest trailhead
Amboy Crater Trail
1.7 km NNE
Directions Map
Nearest parking
1.7 km NNE
+1 more within 2.0 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Amboy Crater TrailTrailhead	1.7 km NNE
Parking	1.7 km NNE
Parking	2.0 km NE

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.4%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 102 m low point 185 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 98.6%Grassland 0.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 115 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Desert Iguana135
Zebra-tailed Lizard119
Common Chuckwalla103
Desert Holly83
Desert Sunflower68
Desert sand verbena65

Where it sits

Where Amboy Crater sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Cahuilla138 km S

Downloads

Amboy Crater downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGAmboy Crater satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-17.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 287 m at the summit; the official height is 288 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	288 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	289 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	287 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	284 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	273 m	-14 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-17)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Amboy Crater

West → east through the summit

Nearest trailhead

Nearest parking

Data sources