O que acontece em Mackinac Island, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Movimentado — Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Regra

  No motor vehicles

  1 Jan – 31 DezFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Tranquilo — um dos piores meses em clima

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — Spring break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Abertura

  The horses come back

  20 Abr – 15 Mai · normalmenteAbertura da temporada de verão

  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 ↗

• Abertura

  Island season opens

  25 Abr – 20 Mai · normalmenteAbertura da temporada de verão

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Temporada

  Grand Hotel's season

  1 Mai – 31 Out · normalmenteFechamento de baixa temporadaFechamentos

  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 ↗

• Risco

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15 Mai – 15 Jul · normalmenteInsetos e doenças

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), The horses come back (20 Abr – 15 Mai (normalmente)), Island season opens (25 Abr – 20 Mai (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Lilac Festival, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1–16 Jun · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradasLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Grand Hotel's season (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 Mai – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — viajantes descrevem como alta temporada, High summer

• Temporada

  High summer

  1 Jul – 25 AgoFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 Jul · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Grand Hotel's season (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 Mai – 15 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30 Ago – 8 Set · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 SetFeriado nacionalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Grand Hotel's season (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), High summer (1 Jul – 25 Ago)

Lotação máxima — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Natureza

  Fall colour

  25 Set – 20 Out · normalmenteCores do outono

  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.

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Grand Hotel's season (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30 Ago – 8 Set (normalmente)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Set)

Movimentado — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20 Out – 1 Nov · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Grand Hotel's season (1 Mai – 31 Out (normalmente)), Fall colour (25 Set – 20 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Somewhere in Time weekend, Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

• Fechamento

  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. Fonte ↗

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Somewhere in Time weekend (20 Out – 1 Nov (normalmente))

Movimentado — Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em dezembro.

Ainda em andamento: No motor vehicles (1 Jan – 31 Dez), Winter shutdown (1 Nov – 25 Abr (normalmente))