Catalina Island beaches

Address: Avalon, CA

Email: info@CatalinaChamber.com

Phone Number: 310-510-1520

Web Site: http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/visitors/index.cfm

Catalina Island is one of California’s Channel Islands. A rocky, rugged island reaching more than 2,000 feet above sea level, it is 22 miles south-southwest of Los Angeles. The 22-mile-long, 8-mile-wide island has a romance captured in 1958 by the Four Preps song, “26 Miles (Santa Catalina).”

Avalon, the largest city (pop..3,000), is the gateway and welcomes nearly 1 million visitors a year. Island activities include hiking, biking (by permit), scuba diving, swimming, wildlife touring and sightseeing. The Catalina Island Conservancy manages 88 percent of the island, 41,000 acres, for public recreational and educational use in conjunction with Los Angeles County.

There are public beaches in Avalon and camping beaches elsewhere by permit from the Catalina Island Conservancy.