Blackjack Camp, Santa Catalina Island
From Islapedia
Blackjack Camp, Santa Catalina Island is located among pine and Eucalyptus trees near 2097-foot Mr. Orizaba. The camp’s elevation is 1600 feet above sea level. Facilities include picnic tables, fire rings, showers, fresh water, chemical toilets and lockers.
In the News~
August 19, 1977 [LAT]: “…The Black Jack Campground is on a plateau in a mountainous area partially sheltered by pine and tamarisk trees. In the center is a huge barbecue pit built in the 1930s by the late P. K. Wrigley for his ranch hands. When Wrigley’s Chicago Cubs trained in Avalon in the 1930s, team barbecues were held at Black Jack… Catalina’s Airport-in-the-Sky is located near the center of the island, 3.5 miles from Black Jack camp…”
