- The list below includes 39 free or cheap things to do in or near St. Ignace, Michigan, including 41 different types of inexpensive activities like National & State Parks, Art Museum, Farms & Ranches and Historic Sites.
- From Bridge View Park to Bridge View Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in St. Ignace and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Mackinaw City and Cheboygan.
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Located next to the freeway past Father Marquette Memorial the Bridge View Park has a clear view of the bridge at the base of the bridge. They have a building with restrooms and a history of the building of the bridge and a close view of the Mackinac Bridge.
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Bridge View Park offers dramatic vistas of the Mackinac Bridge and across the Straits to a rebuilt Fort Michillimackinac. A telescope provides closeups of the bridge and video monitors allow for more detailed exploration of the bridge project.
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The Straits State Park has 275 modern campsites that feature electricity, fire rings and picnic tables. It semi modern waterfront sites that have a view of the Mackinac Bridge and are 1/2 mile from the ferries that travel to and from Mackinac Island.
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Straits State Park offers campgrounds that sit at the waterfront beach of the Straits. Campsites offer a view of the Mackinaw Bridge and the boat traffic going under the bridge. The park also provides a picnic area and playground.
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Dedicated to the memory and evangelistic struggles of Father Marquette, a Roman Catholic missionary and priest, the Father Marquette National Memorial & Museum is located in Straits State Park in Saint Ignace, Michigan. Admission to the memorial is free.
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The history and settling of Marquette is told at the Father Marquette National Memorial and Museum. There is a quiet park and pleasant walking trails with views of the Straits and the Mackinac Bridge.
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Dedicated to the Ojibwa Culture and its relationship to Michigan (past and present), the Museum of Ojibwa Culture & Marquette Mission is an important itinerary item for tourists intereste in the First Nations.
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Containing ten exhibits, the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park covers the history of the Ojibwa culture, the Huron people, and the French Jesuit mission. This site also features a longhouse replica and medicine wheel garden.
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Built in 1998, Wawatam Lighthouse is a 52 foot tall (65 foot tall from the water) lighthouse named after the late railroad ferry Chief Wawatam. The lighthouse is functioning, aiding those traveling over Lake Huron.
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The Wawatam Lighthouse stands at the end of a pier along the Straits of Mackinac. Not a real lighthouse, the structure was originally built as Michigan Welcome Center and was moved to its present location at the end of a boardwalk.