Button Shell Beach(Buttonshell Beach, Fox Landing)

Located in the city of Avalon, Button Shell Beach is a private east-facing beach on Catalina Island and is owned by Guided Discoveries. Also known as Buttonshell Beach and Fox Landing, Button Shell Beach is on the south side of Long Point State Marine Reserve.

Button Shell Beach offers many amenities including restrooms, showers, boat mooring, picnic tables, volleyball courts, and a pier. 

Guided Discoveries hosts a youth summer camp called Fox Camp that offers many activities and programs to California’s public and private school kids that include rock climbing, hiking, snorkeling, sea kayaking, and marine investigation. There are many other fun activities at Button Shell Beach including swimming, fishing, camping, and paddle-boarding.

To access the beach, drive down 30-minutes from Avalon Haron to the end of Whites Landing road using a golf cart. The Catalina Express provides ferries from Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Dana Point to Avalon Harbor dock in Catalina Island daily.

If you are looking for nearby attractions, there are many within a 50-minute golf cart drive of Button Shell Beach. Catalina Island Museum is a 67-year-old museum that is home to more than 8,000 years old artifacts of human settlement on Catalina Island that include pottery and tile collections, photographs and negatives from the early 1880s, boat models, sport fishing items, and the largest collections of Tongva and Gabrielino artifacts. Spread across 38 -acres, the Wrigley Memorial and Botanical Garden feature California island endemic plants that grow only here in the world. If you like escape rooms, the pirate-themed Catalina Room Escape is a fun and challenging tourist attraction site where you have to escape a pirate ship in under an hour. Another great attraction near Button Shell Beach is Machine Gun Park, a small historical park that has a German machine gun from World War I.

If you get hungry, it is advisable to plan and carry snacks as there are not many restaurants near Button Shell Beach. The closest restaurant Naughty Fox is 37-minutes away using a golf cart and is a family-friendly beachfront restaurant that offers seafood and cocktails. If you like Asian food, Katie's Kitchen features fried rice, tofu, Chinese hamburgers, Peking duck, live music, and an incredible patio setting. Another great restaurant near Button Shell Beach is Original Antonio's, a 1950s-style Italian eatery with red-and-white checked tablecloths and serves pizza, pasta, subs, and beer.

If you are looking for a hotel near Button Shell Beach, there are many within a 40-minute drive. If you are looking for a luxurious option, Zane Grey Pueblo Hotel is a historical oceanfront hotel with newly renovated 17 rooms, suites, and penthouses. Bellanca Hotel is a 3-Star hotel that was awarded the Travellers’ Choice Award by Tripadvisor and offers diving tours. If you are looking for an affordable hotel near Button Shell Beach, the 2-Star Seacrest Inn Catalina welcomes pets.