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Michigan Guides
Evergreen guides to Michigan towns and seasons, checked against official sources and updated as plans change. A new guide every week.
Up North · Winter 2026-27
Sleeping Bear Dunes in Late Fall and Winter 2026-27: Trails, Pierce Stocking Closing, Passes and Skiing
The scenic drive’s last weeks for cars, what closes Oct. 31, hunting-season safety, the groomed Heritage Trail, sledding the Dune Climb and what a pass costs, checked against the park’s own pages.
Michigan · Halloween 2026
Michigan Halloween Guide 2026: Haunted Houses, Corn Mazes and Trick-or-Treat Events by Region
Zoo weekends, a haunted destroyer and a four-story haunt, corn mazes after dark and free city trick-or-treats from Detroit to Mackinac Island, with dates checked against organizers’ pages.
Up North · Fall 2026
Things to Do Up North This Fall (2026 Guide): Traverse City, Leelanau, Charlevoix and Boyne
The region-wide plan for fall in northwest Lower Michigan: color drives, dunes, wine trails, farm markets and dated events from Leelanau to Boyne City.
Upper Peninsula · Fall 2026
Things to Do in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula This Fall (2026 Guide)
The last Pictured Rocks cruises, waterfalls in color, Porcupine Mountains overlooks, Marquette’s Halloween Saturday and what closes for the season.
The Straits · Fall 2026
Things to Do in the Straits of Mackinac This Fall (2026 Guide)
Mackinac Island’s Halloween weekend, the Tunnel of Trees, Mackinaw City’s scarecrows, Petoskey’s pumpkin walk and how the season winds down.
Tri-Cities · Fall 2026
Things to Do in Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Ferrysburg This Fall (2026 Guide)
Skeletons all over downtown, a Saturday fall fest with trick-or-treating, dune boardwalks in color and a haunted maze, plus tips for the lakeshore off-season.
Mid-Michigan · Fall 2026
Things to Do in Mount Pleasant and Mid-Michigan This Fall (2026 Guide)
Chippewas home games, a downtown Pumpkin Promenade, trunk-or-treat, a pumpkin farm near Beaverton and fall walks along the Chippewa River.
Thumb Coast · Fall 2026
Things to Do on the Thumb Coast This Fall (2026 Guide): Port Austin, Caseville, Port Sanilac and Lexington
Lake Huron sunsets and shoreline drives, a Saturday Fairy Tale Trail, Caseville’s Witch Walk, Port Sanilac’s haunted village and Halloween in the harbor towns.
Blue Water Area · Fall 2026
Things to Do in Port Huron and the Blue Water Area This Fall (2026 Guide)
Freighters under the Blue Water Bridge, Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, trolley tours and Trucks & Treats in Port Huron, a haunted walk in Marysville, and the river towns down M-29.
Up North · Fall 2026
Things to Do in Traverse City This Fall (2026 Guide)
Color drives up M-37 and M-22, wine and cider on two peninsulas, orchards and corn mazes, and the dated events from Halloween to the holiday light parade.
