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Mackinac Bridge
A suspension bridge about 8 km long that crosses the Mackinac Strait and connects Michigan’s two peninsulas.
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Mackinaw City
In the destination Mackinac Island.
In the photo: Downtown Mackinaw City, on the shore of the Mackinac Strait.
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The city
What to expect from Mackinaw City.
Small town at the northern tip of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, at the foot of the Mackinac Bridge. It’s the main departure point for ferries to Mackinac Island and features Colonial Michilimackinac, an 18th-century reconstructed fort and fur trading post, the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse, and, to the west, Headlands dark-sky park on the shore of Lake Michigan.
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The local experience
What to see in Mackinaw City
Historic site
Fort Michilimackinac (Colonial Michilimackinac)
An 18th-century reconstructed fort and fur trading post on the original site, with archaeological excavations and living-history interpreters.
Lighthouse
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse
A brick lighthouse from 1892 at the tip of the strait, with the keeper’s house furnished and views of the Mackinac Bridge.
Park
Headlands International Dark Sky Park
A dark-sky park on the shore of Lake Michigan west of Mackinaw City, with forest trails and stargazing.