På gång i Mackinac Island, United States under året

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Regel

  No motor vehicles

  1 jan – 31 decStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — en av dess sämsta vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Spring break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Öppning

  The horses come back

  20 apr – 15 maj · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  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. Källa ↗

• Öppning

  Island season opens

  25 apr – 20 maj · vanligtvisSommarsäsongen öppnar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Grand Hotel's season

  1 maj – 31 okt · vanligtvisStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15 maj – 15 jul · vanligtvisInsekter & sjukdomar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), The horses come back (20 apr – 15 maj (vanligtvis)), Island season opens (25 apr – 20 maj (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Lilac Festival, Summer break i United States

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1–16 jun · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomningTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 maj – 15 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, High summer

• Säsong

  High summer

  1 jul – 25 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  The Mackinac yacht races

  10–30 jul · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 maj – 15 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30 aug – 8 sep · vanligtvisSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 sepNationell helgdagTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), High summer (1 jul – 25 aug)

Mest folk — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Natur

  Fall colour

  25 sep – 20 okt · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30 aug – 8 sep (vanligtvis)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 sep)

Mycket folk — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20 okt – 1 nov · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Grand Hotel's season (1 maj – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Fall colour (25 sep – 20 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Somewhere in Time weekend, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Stängt

  Winter shutdown

  1 nov – 25 apr · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Somewhere in Time weekend (20 okt – 1 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Winter / Christmas break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: No motor vehicles (1 jan – 31 dec), Winter shutdown (1 nov – 25 apr (vanligtvis))