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
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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″ northLongitude
-84.62436° or 84° 37′ 28″ westElevation
794 feet (242 metres)Open location code
86QQV95G+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 31336173OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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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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