Meg's father, Dr. Alex Murry, is imprisoned there for a time, inside a building called "CENTRAL Central Intelligence". Camazotz is described as being similar to Earth, with familiar birch, pines, and maple trees, an ordinary hill on which the children arrive, and a town with smokestacks, which "might have been one of any number of familiar towns".
Meg's father, Dr. Alex Murry, is incarcerated there for a period of time within a structure called "CENTRAL Central Intelligence". Camazotz is portrayed as being comparable to Earth, with recognizable birch, pines, and maple trees, an unremarkable hill where the children arrive, and a town with smokestacks, which "might have been one of any number of familiar towns".