Qué hay en Isla Mackinac, Estados Unidos, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Norma

  No motor vehicles

  1 Ene – 31 DicCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Tranquilo — uno de sus peores meses por clima

En febrero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — Spring break en Estados Unidos

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Apertura

  The horses come back

  20 Abr – 15 May · normalmenteApertura de verano

  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. Fuente ↗

• Apertura

  Island season opens

  25 Abr – 20 May · normalmenteApertura de verano

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Temporada media — un mes normal

• Temporada

  Grand Hotel's season

  1 May – 31 Oct · normalmenteCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15 May – 15 Jul · normalmenteInsectos y enfermedades

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), The horses come back (20 Abr – 15 May (normalmente)), Island season opens (25 Abr – 20 May (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Lilac Festival, Summer break en Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1–16 Jun · normalmenteFlores silvestresMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 May – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, High summer

• Temporada

  High summer

  1 Jul – 25 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFiesta nacionalMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  The Mackinac yacht races

  10–30 Jul · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 May – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30 Ago – 8 Sep · normalmenteEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SepFiesta nacionalMucha genteReserva pronto

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), High summer (1 Jul – 25 Ago)

Máxima afluencia — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Naturaleza

  Fall colour

  25 Sep – 20 Oct · normalmenteColores de otoño

  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.

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30 Ago – 8 Sep (normalmente)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Sep)

Concurrido — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20 Oct – 1 Nov · normalmenteGran festivalMucha gente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Fall colour (25 Sep – 20 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Somewhere in Time weekend, Thanksgiving break en Estados Unidos

• Cierre

  Winter shutdown

  1 Nov – 25 Abr · normalmente

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Somewhere in Time weekend (20 Oct – 1 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Winter / Christmas break en Estados Unidos, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: No motor vehicles (1 Ene – 31 Dic), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))