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Amboy California Map

Explore Amboy, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Amboy, California

How to Use This Amboy, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Amboy, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Amboy.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Amboy
State	California (CA)
County	San Bernardino County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	34.557772
Longitude	-115.744441
Population	8
Density	1.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	92304
Area Code	909
County Seat	San Bernardino

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About Amboy, California

Amboy is a locality in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 8. The population density is 1.0 people per km². Amboy is located at 34.5578°N, 115.7444°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 92304.

Amboy exists as a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the Mojave Trails National Monument stretches toward the horizon in a shimmering haze of volcanic rock and desert pavement. It lies 34.1 miles north-northeast of Twentynine Palms, CA (from Twentynine Palms, CA: bearing 31°T), and is situated 59.7 miles northeast of Desert Hot Springs. The earth here is defined by an absolute, quiet austerity, broken only by the jagged profile of Windy Point rising five miles distant, a silent sentinel over the arid plains. Beneath the unrelenting clarity of the afternoon sun, the landscape radiates a dry, intense heat that seems to distill the very air into a crystalline clarity, revealing the salt-crusted basin of Bristol Lake seven miles away as a flat, white expanse that mirrors the sky in a ghostly, shimmering glow. Orange Blossom Wash weaves a subtle, sandy scar through the basin six miles out, marking the occasional, fierce path of seasonal runoff that briefly disturbs the stillness of the cracked, thirsty soil.

Amboy carries the weight of a long, transcontinental history, having served as a vital waypoint for travelers navigating the unforgiving expanse between the interior highlands and the distant, unseen frontiers. The local economy is inextricably linked to the mythology of the road, once thriving on the constant pulse of automotive passage and the singular, iconic presence of the Roy’s Motel and Café sign that stands as a rusted, neon-lit monument to mid-century mobility. Life in Amboy moves at the pace of the wind and the shifting shadows of the sun, where the isolation is not a void but a profound, tangible presence that commands a certain reverence for the resilience of the few who remain. The stark, industrial remnants of past mining ventures still linger against the volcanic craters, leaving the locality as a quiet witness to the ebb and flow of human ambition in a land that remains, fundamentally, unconquered.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mojave Trails National Monument (National Monument) — 0.1 mi, 000° N · 1.8M acres
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 1.9 mi, 273° W
Amboy Crater National Natural Landmark (Monument) — 2.0 mi, 268° W
Amboy Crater Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 2.2 mi, 257° W
Bristol Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 3.0 mi, 331° NW
Guardian Lion - West (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 091° E
Foo Lions (Attraction) — 4.4 mi, 089° E
Marble Mountains Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 6.0 mi, 056° NE
Trilobite Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.7 mi, 041° NE · 40k acres
Mojave Desert Land Trust (Conservation Area) — 6.7 mi, 304° NW
Mojave National Preserve (National Conservation Area) — 11.0 mi, 001° N · 1.5M acres
Bristol Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 11.1 mi, 357° N · 77k acres
Route 66 (Monument) — 11.4 mi, 088° E
Boulders Viewpoint Area (Viewpoint) — 18.6 mi, 024° NE
Tidewater and Tonopah Railroad (Monument) — 26.4 mi, 296° NW
Joshua Tree National Park (National Park) — 31.9 mi, 170° S · 784k acres
Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society (Museum) — 34.2 mi, 210° SW
29 Palms Art at 29 Palms Creative Center (Gallery) — 34.5 mi, 211° SW
David Knopp (Attraction) — 37.8 mi, 221° SW
Giant Rock (Attraction) — 39.9 mi, 247° SW
Mojave Megaphone (Public Artwork) — 40.2 mi, 320° NW
Abandoned rusty car (Historic Ruins) — 42.3 mi, 212° SW
Abandoned rusty half-buried car (Historic Ruins) — 42.3 mi, 212° SW
Keys Desert Queen Ranch (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 215° SW
JT&S Railroad Museum (Museum) — 45.4 mi, 225° SW
Sand To Snow National Monument (National Monument) — 45.8 mi, 243° SW · 277k acres
Paradigm Cinemas (Cinema) — 49.6 mi, 233° SW
Hi-Desert Artists (Arts Centre) — 50.5 mi, 233° SW
Pioneertown Wild West Theater (Theatre) — 50.9 mi, 237° SW

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