Mackinac Island State Parks

Mackinac State Historic Parks runs a separate SmartParks app for each of its historic sites, all managed from one place.

Fort Mackinac

A fort with fourteen original buildings is a lot to take in on one visit. The app gives guests a clear path through it — where to go, what they're looking at, and what's happening next.

The Fort Mackinac app's home screen, with today's hours, cards for the map and Historic Downtown, and a Changing of the Guard program starting in a minute.
The illustrated fort map with numbered pins over each building, and a tapped pin opening the Bathhouse (1885) with a note about step access.
The Bathhouse (1885) entry — a photograph of the building sign above its history, from the 1885 "hygiene fever" to the post surgeon's bathing advice.

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse

Guests arrive on their own schedule; the programs run on the lighthouse's. Today's Schedule closes that gap, showing what's on now and what's coming, so visitors catch the fog whistle instead of hearing it from the parking lot.

The Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse home screen, with map and Today's Events cards and a Castle on the Straits walking tour starting in 56 minutes.
The illustrated lighthouse grounds map, with the Keepers’ Quarters (1892) named at the top and numbered pins across the site.
Today's Schedule, alternating fog whistle demonstrations and walking tours hour by hour, with the noon demonstration marked In Progress.

Colonial Michilimackinac

An active archaeological site and a working reconstruction is a hard thing to explain on a sign. The app carries the depth — stories, photos, and detail maps — and puts the day's demonstrations in front of guests early enough to plan around them.

The Colonial Michilimackinac home screen, with map and America250 cards and a musket firing demonstration starting in 23 minutes.
The illustrated fort map, numbered pins over the palisade, parade ground and rowhouses, with the British flag flying at the center.
The Artillery Platform entry, describing the six-pound cannon on the shore of Lake Michigan, with photographs of interpreters in period uniform firing it.

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