Photos: Mackinac Island ranks among best summer destinations (2024)

Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Horses Cooper and Foster pull the horse waste wagon uphill on Cadotte Avenue on Mackinac Island on July 22, 2021.

The Grand Hotel and businesses on Mackinac Island.

Mackninac Island

Brian Bradley leaves on his bicycle with dog Jayda after work at Cindy's Riding Stables on Mackinac Island near the end of the tourist season Tuesday 10/14/2014. Horses are used for everything from pleasure riding, carriage and taxi pulling to hauling on the island. During the peak season there are around 500 horses on the island, but most horses winter off the island.

Mackinac Island is restricting drones amid worries that such unmanned aircraft may startle the island’s horses and interfere with its historic charm.

Arch Rock on Mackinac Island, Wednesday, July 21, 2021.

Horses pull visitors in a taxi to the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island near the end of the tourist season Wednesday 10/15/2014. Horses are used for everything from pleasure riding, carriage and taxi pulling to hauling on the island. During the peak season there are around 500 horses on the island, but most horses winter off the island.

A frreighter near Mackinac Island in May 2014.

The McGulpin House on Mackinac Island dates to 1780 or earlier.

A girls hair blows in the wind as she watches other boat traffic while riding deck-side on the Capt. Shepler ferry Tuesday, May 3, 2016, on their way to Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island’s Biddle House dates to 1780 or so. It’s one of three very old buildings on the island.

The Grand Hotel, home of the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island.

May's Fudge is one of more than a dozen fudge shops on Mackinac Island.

Bellmen and other staff stand at the ready to help guests at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island Tuesday, May 3, 2016.

A freighter and a ferry can be seen in Lake Huron from the windows of the Cupola Bar Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island.

Workers prepare for the day at Sadie's Ice Cream Parlor Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island.

Blooming lilacs on Mackinac Island.

Fort Mackinac Never Sweats' Conor ÒDock BoyÓ Burns takes the second base against Rochester Grangers' Glen "Mo" Johnson during a vintage base ball game on Mackinac Island, Saturday, July 24, 2021.

Mackinac Island, Michigan is a favorite summer travel destination

Ferry boats leave and arrive at Mackinac Island on July 21, 2021.

Grand Hotel Mackinac Island wins Best Historic Hotel 2017

Mackinac Island West Bluff Victorian Cottage

The porch of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

Cadotte Avenue near Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island on July 21, 2021.

Mackinac Island has earned quite a bit of attention recently from national publications.

Mackinac Island, Michigan

Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island.

Stone towers built by tourists line the road near Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island.

Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, Michigan.

The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island celebrates its 130th anniversary on Monday, July 10.

A worker slices a loaf of freshly made fudge at Joann's Fudge on Mackinac Island.

Mackinac Island horses graze in the rural town of Pickford, their off-season home, in the eastern Upper Peninsula Wednesday 10/15/2014. Horses are used for everything from pleasure riding, carriage and taxi pulling to hauling on the island. During the peak season there are around 500 horses on the island, but most horses winter off the island.

Dray horses pull a wagon loaded with heavy stone down Main St. on Mackinac Island near the end of the tourist season Wednesday 10/15/2014. Horses are used for everything from pleasure riding, carriage and taxi pulling to hauling on the island. During the peak season there are around 500 horses on the island, but most horses winter off the island.

Horses work on a rainy day on Mackinac Island near the end of the tourist season Tuesday 10/14/2014. Horses are used for everything from pleasure riding, carriage and taxi pulling to hauling on the island. During the peak season there are around 500 horses on the island, but most horses winter off the island.