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All the United States California Amboy

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Amboy

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Amboy, California

Updated June 1, 2017

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Amboy Ghost Town

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
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Guardian Lions of Route 66

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.
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Amboy Crater

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Amboy Crater

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
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View southwest from the trilobite quarry out to Cadiz Valley.

Cadiz, California

Marble Mountains Trilobite Quarry

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.
15 miles from Amboy
Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes.

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Kelso Dunes

The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'
24 miles from Amboy
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