Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Mackinac, Verenigde Staten

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Regel

  No motor vehicles

  1 jan – 31 decSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (meestal))

Rustig — een van de slechtste maanden qua weer

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (meestal))

Druk — Spring break in Verenigde Staten

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Opening

  The horses come back

  20 apr – 15 mei · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  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. Bron ↗

• Opening

  Island season opens

  25 apr – 20 mei · meestalZomerseizoen opent

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Seizoen

  Grand Hotel's season

  1 mei – 31 okt · meestalSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Risico

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15 mei – 15 jul · meestalInsecten & ziekten

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), The horses come back (20 apr – 15 mei (meestal)), Island season opens (25 apr – 20 mei (meestal))

Topdrukte — Lilac Festival, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1–16 jun · meestalWilde bloemen & bloeiDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 mei – 15 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — reizigers noemen het hoogseizoen, High summer

• Seizoen

  High summer

  1 jul – 25 augSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  The Mackinac yacht races

  10–30 jul · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 mei – 15 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30 aug – 8 sep · meestalSportevenementDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationale feestdagDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), High summer (1 jul – 25 aug)

Topdrukte — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Natuur

  Fall colour

  25 sep – 20 okt · meestalHerfstkleuren

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30 aug – 8 sep (meestal)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Druk — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20 okt – 1 nov · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 mei – 31 okt (meestal)), Fall colour (25 sep – 20 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Somewhere in Time weekend, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Sluiting

  Winter shutdown

  1 nov – 25 apr · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Somewhere in Time weekend (20 okt – 1 nov (meestal))

Druk — Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In december begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (meestal))