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 3,500 feet northwest of Conkling Heritage Park.

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.

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 2010 census, the CDP had a population of 357. Carp Lake is situated 6 miles south of Conkling Heritage Park.

St. Ignace

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St. Ignace is a city in the Upper Peninsula of the state of Michigan, at the north end of the Mackinac Bridge.

Conkling Heritage Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Mackinaw Township, Cheboygan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.78108° or 45° 46′ 52″ north

Longitude

-84.72485° or 84° 43′ 29″ west

Open location code

86QQQ7JG+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 286203071

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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