Fall Escape to Mackinac
If you've only been to Michigan's Mackinac region during the summer (or never been there at all), you owe yourself a fall trip. You'll find the best seats on ferries, prime lakeside restaurant tables, wonderfully deserted hiking trails and bargain hotel rates.
What to do: South of the bridge
Colonial Michilimackinac: A reconstructed wood fort in Mackinaw City; open from early May through mid-October. (231) 436-4100; Colonial Michilimackinac
Historic Mill Creek Discovery Park (left): History and outdoor adventure, including a rock-climbing wall, zip line and canopy bridge; open from early May through mid-October. (231) 436-4100; Mill Creek Discovery Park
Icebreaker Mackinaw: Tour the Coast Guard's steel-hulled workhorse that kept Great Lakes shipping lanes free of ice from 1944 to 2006. Open seasonally; in Mackinaw City. (231) 436-9825; themackinaw.org
Wilderness State Park: Camping and rustic cabins, plus hiking and scenic drives. (231) 436-5381; wildernessstatepark.net
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