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Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA

Mackinac Island

Length5.6 mi
Elev. Gain308.3 ft
Est. Steps13000
Created by philip-sullivan

Mackinac Island Introduction

Mackinac Island is a 5.6 mile (13,000-step) route located near Mackinac Island, Michigan, USA. This route has an elevation gain of about 308.3 ft and is rated as medium. Find the best walking trails near you in Pacer App.

Attractions Near Mackinac Island

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Grand Hotel (Mackinac Island)

Tourist Attraction
The Grand Hotel is a historic hotel and coastal resort on Mackinac Island, Michigan, a small island located at the eastern end of the Straits of Mackinac within Lake Huron between the state's Upper and Lower peninsulas. Constructed in the late 19th century, the facility advertises itself as having the world's largest porch.

Fort Mackinac

Historical
Fort Mackinac (pronounced: MACK-in-awe) is a former British and American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century in the city of Mackinac Island, Michigan, on Mackinac Island. The British built the fort during the American Revolutionary War to control the strategic Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, and by extension the fur trade on the Great Lakes.

Mission Point Resort

Tourist Attraction
Mission Point Resort is a summer resort hotel located on Mackinac Island, an island in the Straits of Mackinac between the US state of Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. It is located on the southeastern shoreline of the island, also called Mission Point.

Marquette Park (Mackinac Island)

Park
Marquette Park is a landscaped park located on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of Mackinac Island State Park and stands on the edge of Mackinac Island's harbor on the Round Island Channel and just east of downtown Mackinac Island.

Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum

Tourist Attraction
The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum is an art museum located in the historic Indian Dormitory building on Mackinac Island, Michigan. The museum's exhibits feature art inspired by Mackinac Island, including historic painting and maps, photographs from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, Native American art and beaded garments, and contemporary art and photography from area artists.

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Place
Mackinac Island ( MAK-in-aw) is a city in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan. In the 2010 census, the city had a permanent population of 492, although there are hundreds of seasonal workers and thousands of tourists during the summer months.An important fur trading center from the eighteenth century, with a predominately French-speaking population of French Canadians and Métis, after the War of 1812, it gained more Anglo-American residents.

Battle of Mackinac Island (1814)

Place
The Battle of Mackinac Island (pronounced Mackinaw) was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. It was important for its influence and control over the Native American tribes in the area, which was sometimes referred to in historical documents as "Michilimackinac".

Arch Rock (Mackinac Island)

Mountain
Arch Rock is a geologic formation on Mackinac Island in Michigan. It is a natural limestone arch formed during the Nipissing post-glacial period, a period of high Lake Huron levels following the end of the Wisconsin glaciation. To this day Arch Rock stands on the Lake Huron shoreline 146 feet (45 m) above the water.

Biddle House (Mackinac Island)

Place
The Biddle House is a historic house and fur trade shop space, built before 1800 on Market Street on Mackinac Island in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is part of Mackinac Island State Park. It is a Michigan Registered Site and a contributing resource to Mackinac Island's status as a National Historic Landmark.

Mission Point (Mackinac Island)

Place
Mission Point is located on the southeast side of Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is approximately 21 acres in size between Robinson's Folly and the jetty terminating near Franks Street. The Island has a history of documented European development beginning with French Jesuit missionaries landing at the point in 1634, less than two decades after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock on the East Coast of North America.
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025

Route Details

Length

5.6 mi

Elev. Gain

308.3 ft

Est. Steps

13000
Created by
philip-sullivan
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