Heritage Village at Mackinaw

Heritage Village at Mackinaw Mackinaw City's Heritage Village lets visitors explore life in the Straits of Mackinac as it was in the 1880-1917. Park open dawn to dusk.

Buildings open when docents are on site. Memorial Day - Labor Day Thursday - Monday 10-4, Wednesdays 4 PM-8 PM. Our village now includes:

• An 1880's one-room school from the community of Freedom, a few miles east of Mackinaw City
• The Mackinaw City pest (pestilence) house from the same era as the school house
•The sawmill that cut the logs for the locks at Sault Ste. Marie right after the turn

of the century
• A tarpaper work shack
• A vintage base ball field (yes, it was two words back then)
• An artifacts building
• A community garden
• A community pavilion
• Modern outhouses

An 1897 church from Brutus, a machine shed, a replication of a prominent family's farm, the Stimpson Homestead, are on site and slated for completion in the near future. Educational programs are in place or are being developed to bring each to life. Our most treasured objective is to educate children through exciting interpretation, participation, and enthusiastic retelling of the history of that time. In a typical year hundreds of school children visit Heritage Village. We invite teachers to bring their students to our Village to "really see what Great Grandma Smith meant about no lights, no cars, no planes, no telephones when she was a girl." High school and college students, home for the summer, fall in love with base ball using 1870's rules when gentlemanliness was the standard and an umpire could simply ask, "Were you safe or out?" and a "ballist' (player) would respond honestly, much to the delight of the "cranks" (fans).

09/06/2026

Buildings are open today 10-4. Our park host will be on site if you wish to chat. The weather looks perfect for a stroll around the 43 acre village and 100 acres of May Woods Nature Trails.

So much to explore at our city park that is a hidden gem just west of Mackinaw City. Nature, history and art all blended...
09/05/2026

So much to explore at our city park that is a hidden gem just west of Mackinaw City. Nature, history and art all blended together. Buildings will be open today 10 AM- 4 PM! What a beautiful place to wander around d for a while!

If you come to Heritage Village on Saturday or Sunday or Monday, Labor Day weekend you can get a Mackinac Bridge envelop...
09/04/2026

If you come to Heritage Village on Saturday or Sunday or Monday, Labor Day weekend you can get a Mackinac Bridge envelope or postcard for Free! Docents will be on site 10-4. (Weather Permitting)

09/04/2026

Open today til 4. Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10-4! Our last weekend of our 2026 season for open buildings.

If the rains subsides. Buildings will be open 10-4 today. This our last Saturday of the 2026 season for docents too. Vil...
09/04/2026

If the rains subsides. Buildings will be open 10-4 today. This our last Saturday of the 2026 season for docents too. Village grounds are open daylight hours all year.

09/03/2026

Today is our last Thursday of our 2026 season. Buildings will be open 10-4. We hope you get to visit before our last day of open buildings says, Labor Day ends our season. The park grounds continue to be open daylight hours all year.

We are so honored to have May Woods Nature Trails next to Heritage Village. 100 acres to explore. We are partnering wi...
09/03/2026

We are so honored to have May Woods Nature Trails next to Heritage Village. 100 acres to explore. We are partnering with Little Travers Conservancy to protect this land for future generations.

Today our park is open during the daylight hours, our buildings are open 4-8 this evening. (Weather permitting).
09/02/2026

Today our park is open during the daylight hours, our buildings are open 4-8 this evening. (Weather permitting).

It is Tuesday, the grounds are open today to explore. We have trees old and new, awaiting the fall changes. Buildings wi...
09/01/2026

It is Tuesday, the grounds are open today to explore. We have trees old and new, awaiting the fall changes. Buildings will be open Wednesday 4-8. Our docent season ends after Labor Day.

08/31/2026

Due to the rainy weather, we are unable to open the buildings today. They should be open again on Wednesday evening from 4 to 8. We need the rain.

Address

1425 W Central Avenue
Mackinaw City, MI
49701

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 4pm - 8pm
Friday 10am - 4:59pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+12319770045

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