Visitors exploring Catalina Island often discover the Catalina Chimes Tower while driving a golf cart through Avalon or hiking to one of the island’s spectacular viewpoints.

Standing high above Avalon Harbor, the Tower offers sweeping panoramic views of the city, and the Pacific Ocean. Yet while visitors often remember the breathtaking scenery, they leave with something even more memorable - the sound. Every fifteen minutes, the Westminster chimes drift across Avalon, creating a soundtrack that has become inseparable from Catalina Island itself. For nearly one hundred years, those familiar notes have welcomed visitors, marked celebrations, and connected generations of residents with ...