Mackinac Island, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri: yıl boyunca neler var

Kalabalık — Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Winter / Christmas break, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Kural

  No motor vehicles

  1 Oca – 31 AraKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter shutdown (1 Kas – 25 Nis (genelde))

Sakin — hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

Şubat ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Winter shutdown (1 Kas – 25 Nis (genelde))

Kalabalık — Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Spring break

Mart ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Winter shutdown (1 Kas – 25 Nis (genelde))

Ara sezon — sıradan bir ay

• Açılış

  The horses come back

  20 Nis – 15 May · geneldeYaz sezonu açılıyor

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Açılış

  Island season opens

  25 Nis – 20 May · geneldeYaz sezonu açılıyor

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Winter shutdown (1 Kas – 25 Nis (genelde))

Ara sezon — sıradan bir ay

• Sezon

  Grand Hotel's season

  1 May – 31 Eki · geneldeSezon dışı kapanışKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Risk

  Black fly and stable fly weeks

  15 May – 15 Tem · geneldeBöcekler ve hastalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), The horses come back (20 Nis – 15 May (genelde)), Island season opens (25 Nis – 20 May (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Lilac Festival, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Summer break

• Festival

  Lilac Festival

  1–16 Haz · geneldeKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenmeKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Eki (genelde)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 May – 15 Tem (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — gezginler burayı yüksek sezon olarak anlatıyor, High summer

• Sezon

  High summer

  1 Tem – 25 AğuOkul tatilleriKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Independence Day

  3–5 TemResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  The Mackinac yacht races

  10–30 Tem · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Eki (genelde)), Black fly and stable fly weeks (15 May – 15 Tem (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — High summer, Mackinac Bridge Walk

• Festival

  Mackinac Bridge Walk

  30 Ağu – 8 Eyl · geneldeSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Labor Day weekend

  5–7 EylResmî tatilKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Eki (genelde)), High summer (1 Tem – 25 Ağu)

Çok kalabalık — Mackinac Bridge Walk, Labor Day weekend

• Doğa

  Fall colour

  25 Eyl – 20 Eki · geneldeSonbahar renkleri

  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.

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Eki (genelde)), Mackinac Bridge Walk (30 Ağu – 8 Eyl (genelde)), Labor Day weekend (5–7 Eyl)

Kalabalık — Somewhere in Time weekend

• Festival

  Somewhere in Time weekend

  20 Eki – 1 Kas · geneldeBüyük festivalKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Grand Hotel's season (1 May – 31 Eki (genelde)), Fall colour (25 Eyl – 20 Eki (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Somewhere in Time weekend, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Thanksgiving break

• Kapanış

  Winter shutdown

  1 Kas – 25 Nis · genelde

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Somewhere in Time weekend (20 Eki – 1 Kas (genelde))

Kalabalık — Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Winter / Christmas break, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

Aralık ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: No motor vehicles (1 Oca – 31 Ara), Winter shutdown (1 Kas – 25 Nis (genelde))