Great Turtle Park

Great Turtle Park is a park in Mackinac, Michigan. Great Turtle Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Harrisonville, as well as near the neighborhood Four Corners.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skull Cave and Fort Holmes.

Skull Cave

Cave

Photo: Notorious4life, Public domain.

Skull Cave is a small and shallow cave on the central heights of Mackinac Island in Michigan, United States. The cave was carved during the Algonquin post-glacial period by the waters of Lake Algonquin, a swollen meltwater ancestor of today's Lake Huron.

Fort Holmes

Fort

Photo: Notorious4life, CC0.

Fort Holmes is a fortified earthen redoubt located on the highest point of Mackinac Island. Originally built in 1814 by British forces during the War of 1812, the redoubt was improved by that army throughout the course of the war to help defend the adjacent Fort Mackinac from a possible attack by the U.S. Army.

Mackinac Island Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Charles Dawley, CC BY 2.0.

Mackinac Island Airport is a public use airport in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States. It is located one nautical mile northwest of downtown Mackinac Island, Michigan in the center of Mackinac Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Mackinac and Mackinac Island.

Fort Mackinac

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Mackinac 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.

Mackinac Island

Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mackinac Island is an island and resort area, covering 4.35 square miles in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the island in Odawa is Michilimackinac and "Mitchimakinak" in Ojibwemowin, meaning "Great Turtle".

British Landing

Hamlet

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British Landing is a place within Mackinac Island, Michigan and is located on the shore of Mackinac Island, two miles northwest of the island's downtown and harbor. British Landing is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Turtle Park.

Great Turtle Park

Type: Park
Description: park in Mackinac County, Michigan, United States of America
Category: recreation area
Location: Mackinac, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.85865° or 45° 51′ 31″ north

Longitude

-84.62436° or 84° 37′ 28″ west

Elevation

794 feet (242 metres)

Open location code

86QQV95G+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 31336173

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

7152397

Wikidata ID

Q49495641

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In Other Languages

“Great Turtle Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Great Turtle Park”

Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Mackinac Island Cemetery and St. Ann’s Cemetery.

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