Mackinac Island Travel Guide - Things to Do in Michigan (No Cars Allowed!)

No cars allowed! Bikes, horses and fudge only! The things to do on Mackinac Island are endless. Take a ferry under the Mackinac Bridge, or bike around M-185, the only U.S. Highway without cars. Check out amazing viewpoints like Arch Rock or visit Fort Mackinac. It's all here in our travel guide to this wonderful summer destination.

This video is part of our epic road trip to all 5 US Great Lakes (Ontario, Erie, Huron, Superior & Michigan) where we visited Niagara Falls in New York, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pictured Rocks and Apostle Islands National Lakeshores, Mackinac Island, the Porcupine Mountains ("Porkies" as they say in da UP), the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Ohio, the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, the Lakeshore bike trail in Chicago, Frankenmuth the year-round Christmas city - are you tired yet? Oh and we ate a lot of pasties and fudge. Like a lot of fudge. So much fudge that we actually take no offense to the Yoopers and Trolls calling us Fudgies. We've been called much worse. Stay tuned for a ton of videos showing our adventures like dune climbing, kayaking, hiking or biking, that we will continue to link below as they are released. The United States of America is a huge place and this is just one small portion of it.

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0:00 Intro
0:36 Mackinac Island Ferry
1:00 Mackinac Bridge
2:28 Bike rental
3:15 Dwightwood Spring
3:37 Arch Rock
5:22 Lake Shore Nature Trail
5:47 British Landing
7:02 British Landing Nature Center
7:32 Devil's Kitchen
8:03 Somewhere in Time tree
8:48 Crack in the Island / Cave of the Woods
9:16 Leslie Avenue
9:46 Fort Holmes
10:20 Skull Rock
10:32 Fort Mackinac
11:11 Great Turtle Brewery
11:53 Murdick's Fudge

[davidsmyth]

Been going to Mackinaw Island since 1982. Some summer twice. You missed touring the Grand Hotel, the worlds largest wooden summer resort. Love it and will be back soon..

[dougclark]

Thanks for another great video. It was like a mini-vacation for me to watch!. Glad Zeus had fun!.

[tarekbendjenni]

Been there before most beautiful place I've ever visited and the Mackinac Bridge is a masterpiece ✨️ 💖

[dalebennett]

Greatest place on this wonderful planet.

[AdventureMuse]

the island is so beautiful and love the history lesson, but Zeus steals the show! Great tour.

[wendingourway]

I'll take the horses and fudge too!! Looks like Zeus was having a marvelous time. Such a great day and such wonderful looking weather too! Take good care and have a happy weekend...Bruce and Otis

[designsbykent]

Nice video. I don't expect I'll make it that far, so it's pleasant to see the things other travelers experience.

[moniquekipp]

What a beautiful place. Thanks for creating this content so we can see beauty of this country.

[_stateofmind_]

Hi, great video, happy to found you! have a lovely day ❤

[TravelHungryForLife]

Awesome share and channel my friends well done
All the best see you again be safe always cheers 👍👍

[TravelwithSuri]

That bridge looks so amazing and to hear that’s the 3rd longest suspension bridge is great. The beautiful town just looks like they come out of fairyland movie. No cars allowed that’s cool 😎 best way to explore this huge island is of course by biking. The stairs leading to arch rock is very steep, but the view is totally worth it. Did you say it was used to be a national park? That’s weird. Cannonball is a nice place to have a lunch at the middle of Forest.. definitely worth visiting this island for the beautiful nature. Another phenomenal video.

[jloos]

Thanks!!!! i'm a new subscriber now, because of this awesome GOING!

[you_backed]

Recently the ice has been too thin during the winter to get back and forth safely save for a few spots

[waterfallmadman]

Pretty cool place to bike around. I hope Zeus liked it. 😊

[Jaxumalta]

This video makes me want to go back to the island. Think I will plan a trip next spring or fall. Great job representing! Now I want fudge dammit lol

[Bkline]

Noticed some additions to the Island since I lived there in ‘73, ‘75, honeymooned in ‘77, visited in ‘91 and in a couple of other years in the past 20 years. Met my husband there in 1975 through Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship!

[gabualba]

Hola hermosísimo lugar el 4 de julio lo pasamos en ese lugar y es hermoso saludos desde San Miguel de Allende Guanajuato México

[magicworldbyjorg]

..a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…

[lizzyyoung]

This is awesome! Do the bike rental places provide bike locks for when you leave your bike behinds while walking a trail, or do you suggest bringing one?

[davidkaiser]

Mackinac Bridge is three miles longer than the Golden Gate (!) but the suspension span is shorter by 400 feet compared to the Golden Gate.