Det sker i Mackinac Island, United States året igennem

Travlt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Regel

  No motor vehicles

  1. jan. – 31. dec.Lukninger

  Cars have been banned since 1898, so everything moves by horse, bicycle or foot, including the luggage and the rubbish. Bring shoes you can walk eight miles round the island in. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter shutdown (1. nov. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Stille — en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter shutdown (1. nov. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Spring break i United States

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter shutdown (1. nov. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Åbning

  The horses come back

  20. apr. – 15. maj · normaltSommersæsonen åbner

  Several hundred working horses are barged over from the mainland farms in spring and go back in late autumn, so the drays, taxis and everything that comes with them arrive inside a fortnight. Kilde ↗

• Åbning

  Island season opens

  25. apr. – 20. maj · normaltSommersæsonen åbner

  Ferries go back to a full schedule and the hotels reopen through late April and May, a few at a time. Early May is cold, half-shut and the only time the island is empty and open at once. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter shutdown (1. nov. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — en helt almindelig måned

• Sæson

  Grand Hotel's season

  1. maj – 31. okt. · normaltLukket uden for sæsonenLukninger

  The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window. Outside it there is almost nowhere to stay at all. Kilde ↗

• Risiko

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15. maj – 15. jul. · normaltInsekter & sygdom

  Black flies in late spring, then biting stable flies along the shore from midsummer, worst on a still afternoon. It is a fortnight or two of long sleeves and repellent, and then it passes. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), The horses come back (20. apr. – 15. maj (normalt)), Island season opens (25. apr. – 20. maj (normalt))

Tætpakket — Lilac Festival, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1.–16. jun. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstringTætpakketBook tidligt

  Ten days in early June around lilacs that are well over a century old, ending in a horse-drawn grand parade. The island smells of it and the hotels are full for the fortnight. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Grand Hotel's season (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15. maj – 15. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, High summer

• Sæson

  High summer

  1. jul. – 25. aug.SkoleferieTætpakketBook tidligt

  Fifteen thousand day visitors can land on a good July day on an island of five hundred residents. Main Street is a crush until the last ferry leaves and then it is quiet again. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. jul.National helligdagTætpakketLukninger

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  The Mackinac yacht races

  10.–30. jul. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakketBook tidligt

  Two of the oldest freshwater distance races in the world finish here in July, from Chicago and from Port Huron. The harbour fills with boats and the town with crews for both weekends. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Grand Hotel's season (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15. maj – 15. jul. (normalt))

Tætpakket — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30. aug. – 8. sep. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakketLukninger

  Tens of thousands walk the five miles across the straits on Labor Day morning, which closes the bridge and fills every room in St Ignace and Mackinaw City. It has run since 1958. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5.–7. sep.National helligdagTætpakketBook tidligt

  Labor Day, the first Monday of September, is the last big getaway of summer: the long weekend books out campsites and lodging and fills parking early, and families thin out quickly once it has passed. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Grand Hotel's season (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), High summer (1. jul. – 25. aug.)

Tætpakket — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Natur

  Fall colour

  25. sep. – 20. okt. · normaltEfterårsfarver

  The hardwood on the island's interior turns in the first half of October, the day-trip crowds are gone and the carriage roads are yours. Book before the hotels shut for the winter.

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Grand Hotel's season (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30. aug. – 8. sep. (normalt)), Labor Day weekend (5.–7. sep.)

Travlt — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20. okt. – 1. nov. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  The Grand Hotel's costume weekend for the 1980 film shot here, held in late October just before the season ends. Period dress, screenings, and the last full house of the year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Grand Hotel's season (1. maj – 31. okt. (normalt)), Fall colour (25. sep. – 20. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Somewhere in Time weekend, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Lukning

  Winter shutdown

  1. nov. – 25. apr. · normalt

  The hotels, shops and most restaurants close and the ferries stop when the straits ice over, leaving a few hundred residents, a plane from St Ignace and an ice bridge in a good year. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Somewhere in Time weekend (20. okt. – 1. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: No motor vehicles (1. jan. – 31. dec.), Winter shutdown (1. nov. – 25. apr. (normalt))