Mackinac Island State Park is located in the U.S. state of Michigan on Mackinac Island in Lake Huron just east of the Straits of Mackinac. It covers about 1,800 acres (7 km²) and 80% of the land on Mackinac Island.
Mackinac National Park, later known as Mackinac Island National Park, was created in 1875, the second national park in the United States after Yellowstone National Park. In 1895 it was transferred to Michigan and became Mackinac Island State Park, the first state park in Michigan.
It is the home of Fort Mackinac and Fort Holmes, several historical buildings, limestone caves and rock formations.
Historic Buildings
- Ste. Anne's Church
- Little Stone Church
- Biddle House
Caves and Rock Formations
- Arch Rock
- Gitchi Manitou
- Sugar Loaf Rock
- Cave of the Woods
- Crack-in-the-Island
- Eagle Point Cave
- Skull Cave
- Friendship's Altar
- Chimney Rock (Sunset Rock)
- Devil's Kitchen
- Robinson's Folly
- Lover's Leap (inaccessible to public)
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