Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center Opening Day
The best way to experience Mackinac Island is to know where to start. The Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center opens for the 2025 season on May 9. The Mackinac
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The best way to experience Mackinac Island is to know where to start. The Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center opens for the 2025 season on May 9. The Mackinac
On May 1, 1834, Henry Schoolcraft and his children searched for Mackinac Island wildflowers. He wrote, “We came in with the spring beauty, called miscodeed by the Indians, the adder’s
Mackinac Island Turtle Trek – A lantern-lit ski and snowshoeing trek through some of Mackinac Island’s natural winter wonderland. The trail begins at Greany Grove (corner of Arch Rock Road
Our Park Naturalist, Kyle, is ready to set the story straight: Chimney Rock and Sunset Rock are not one and the same. Let’s revisit Chimney Rock:
More than 230 species of birds have been recorded on Mackinac Island and in the surrounding straits region. Here, we take a look at some detailed observations that a summer resident and ornithologist made in 1893.
Ice fishing has been an important part of the Straits for thousands of years, but dramatic scenes of net poles so numerous that they appeared almost as a forest are now nearly forgotten.
What’s the best season to visit the Straits of Mackinac? All of them! Learn a little about each season at the Straits:
While the Hospital Corps only came into being toward the very end of Fort Mackinac’s time as an active military post, it demonstrates another way Fort Mackinac experienced the changing times of the army.
What can you expect in 2024? A lot! Read more:
