Cosa c'è in programma a Mackinac Island (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Regola

  No motor vehicles

  1 gen – 31 dicChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (di solito))

Tranquillo — uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (di solito))

Affollato — Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Apertura

  The horses come back

  20 apr – 15 mag · di solitoApertura della stagione estiva

  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. Fonte ↗

• Apertura

  Island season opens

  25 apr – 20 mag · di solitoApertura della stagione estiva

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Stagione

  Grand Hotel's season

  1 mag – 31 ott · di solitoChiusura di bassa stagioneChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15 mag – 15 lug · di solitoInsetti e malattie

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), The horses come back (20 apr – 15 mag (di solito)), Island season opens (25 apr – 20 mag (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Lilac Festival, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1–16 giu · di solitoFiori e fioritureAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 mag – 31 ott (di solito)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 mag – 15 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, High summer

• Stagione

  High summer

  1 lug – 25 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Independence Day

  3–5 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  The Mackinac yacht races

  10–30 lug · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 mag – 31 ott (di solito)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 mag – 15 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30 ago – 8 set · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 setFesta nazionaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 mag – 31 ott (di solito)), High summer (1 lug – 25 ago)

Folla al massimo — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Natura

  Fall colour

  25 set – 20 ott · di solitoFoliage autunnale

  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.

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 mag – 31 ott (di solito)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30 ago – 8 set (di solito)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 set)

Affollato — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20 ott – 1 nov · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Grand Hotel's season (1 mag – 31 ott (di solito)), Fall colour (25 set – 20 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Somewhere in Time weekend, Thanksgiving break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Chiusura

  Winter shutdown

  1 nov – 25 apr · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Somewhere in Time weekend (20 ott – 1 nov (di solito))

Affollato — Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In dicembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: No motor vehicles (1 gen – 31 dic), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (di solito))