Mackinaw City Trailhead

Mackinaw City Trailhead is a trailhead in Wawatam Township, Emmet, Michigan. Mackinaw City Trailhead is situated nearby to the movie theater Courtyard Cinema, as well as near Mystery Town USA.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Michilimackinac and Colonial Michilimackinac Park.

Fort Michilimackinac

Museum

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Fort Michilimackinac was an 18th-century French, and later British, fort and trading post at the Straits of Mackinac; it was built on the northern tip of the lower peninsula of the present-day state of Michigan in the United States. Fort Michilimackinac is situated 2,600 feet northwest of Mackinaw City Trailhead.

Colonial Michilimackinac Park

Park

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Fort Michilimackinac State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Mackinaw City along the Straits of Mackinac. The park contains Fort Michilimackinac, which itself is dedicated a National Historic Landmark and Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse as well as the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse Signal Tower which contains a foghorn.

Mackinaw City Historical Marker

Memorial

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Mackinaw City Historical Marker is a memorial, which is situated 1,500 feet east of Mackinaw City Trailhead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mackinaw City and Carp Lake.

Mackinaw City

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Mackinaw City is a city of 800 people in the Mackinac Area at the tip of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It's the southern terminus of the 5-mile Mackinac Bridge.

Carp Lake

Village

Carp Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census, Carp Lake had a population of 356. Carp Lake is situated 6 miles south of Mackinaw City Trailhead.