Located less than twenty miles from Los Angeles, Catalina Island's seventy-six square miles are covered with broad valleys, isolated coves, pristine beaches, two-thousand foot peaks, and near vertical shoreline palisades.
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| Area: |
The island is 21 miles long by 8 miles wide at its widest point (Long Point) and .5 miles at Two Harbors at the Isthmus. Its perimeter, 54 miles, encompasses approximately 47,884 acres, or about 76 square miles. |
| Elevation: |
Highest elevations: Mt. Orizaba (2,069 feet) and Mount Black Jack (2,006 feet). |
| Visitor Center: |
Catalina Island Interpretive Center—A mile up Avalon Canyon, across from the campground. Open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Phone: 310-510-2514. |
| Facilities: |
Avalon has all of the modern conveniences. |
| Directions: |
From the mainland (San Pedro breakwater) to Avalon is 21.8 miles; to Two Harbors is 19.7 miles. Catalina's "Airport-In-The-Sky" is approximately 37 miles SSW of Los Angeles International Airport. Distance from Avalon to Two Harbors is 13.4 miles by boat, 23 miles by road.
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| Coordinates: |
Map Coordinates (NAD83): 33 22.100N; 118 25.02W. |
| Weather: |
Temperature and rainfall vary in different parts of Catalina, but U.S. Weather Bureau records have general application to the entire island. Based on these records:
- Sunny or partly sunny days average of 267 per year.
- June through October, average Avalon high temperature is 76.1 degrees; average low is 58.4 degrees.
- November through May, average high is 63.2 degrees; average low is 49.4 degrees.
- Rainfall averages approximately 14 inches per year, nearly all of it occurring between mid-October and mid-April.
- Generally speaking, the daytime temperature rarely goes above 80 degrees in the summer, below 50 degrees in the winter.
- Water temperature ranges from 64 to 73 degrees in the summer and 54 to 59 degrees in winter.
- See area weather chart.
- See Canyon Country Weather for more information.
- Sunrise/Sunset
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