11 days in South Bend, Grand Rapids & Mackinac Island Itinerary

Step off the beaten path and head to Potato Creek State Park and The Snite Museum of Art. Let the collections at The History Museum and Studebaker National Museum capture your imagination. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around South Bend: Weko Beach Park (in Bridgman) and Fishing Charters & Tours (in Saint Joseph).

For reviews, other places to visit, and more tourist information, go to the South Bend trip site.

Jacksonville to South Bend is an approximately 6-hour flight. You can also fly; or drive; or take a bus. Traveling from Jacksonville in June, things will get little chillier in South Bend: highs are around 80°F and lows about 59°F. On the 27th (Mon), you'll travel to Grand Rapids.

Get some cultural insight at USS LST 393 and Grand Rapids Art Museum. Museum-lovers will get to explore Grand Rapids Children's Museum and Gerald R. Ford Museum. Go for a jaunt from Grand Rapids to Grand Haven to see Rosy Mound Natural Area about 42 minutes away. And it doesn't end there: walk around Millennium Park, take in the architecture and atmosphere at Cathedral of Saint Andrew, wander the streets of Heritage Hill Historic District, and identify plant and animal life at Calvin Ecosystem Preserve & Native Gardens.

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Traveling by car from South Bend to Grand Rapids takes 2 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus; or take a train. June in Grand Rapids sees daily highs of 79°F and lows of 59°F at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 1st (Fri) to allow enough time to travel to Mackinac Island.

Satisfy your inner culture vulture at Fort Holmes and The Richard and Jane Manoogian Mackinac Art Museum. Get some historical perspective at Biddle House and Fort Mackinac.

To see traveler tips, maps, photos, and other tourist information, use the Mackinac Island online route planner.

You can do a combination of flight and ferry from Grand Rapids to Mackinac Island in 7.5 hours. Other options are to do a combination of flight and ferry; or do a combination of bus and ferry; or do a combination of bus and ferry. When traveling from Grand Rapids in July, plan for a bit cooler days and about the same nights in Mackinac Island: temperatures range from 73°F by day to 58°F at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 4th (Mon) to allow time to travel back home.