Classic escape rooms / Downtown Mackinaw City, South Huron Avenue near the ferry docks
Mind Thrill Escape Rooms
Mackinaw City's escape rooms, a few blocks from the Mackinac Island ferry docks, with local stories: a shipwreck dive in the Straits and a 1930s bank job. Short on time? A 20-minute mini room fits between sightseeing stops.
By booking, check their calendar
At a glance
- Group size
- 1–8 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
- Price
- 60-minute rooms: $25 per adult, $20 per kid (14 and under). Time Traveler (20 minutes): $10 per person. Hot Seat two-minute challenge: $5 a round or $10 for three rounds.
You can book the whole room for your group
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The rooms you’ll need to escape
Room details are based on what the venue publishes on its own site.
Shipwreck in the Straits
Dive to a wreck in the Straits of Mackinac believed to be Le Griffon, the ship that vanished on the upper Great Lakes in 1679, before your oxygen runs out.
- Group size
- 4-8 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
High Risk Heist
It's the 1930s, the alarm at the Mackinaw City Bank has tripped, and you have 60 minutes before the police show up.
- Group size
- 2-8 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
Search for Sasquatch
A wave of Bigfoot sightings across Michigan sends your team tracking the elusive beast.
- Group size
- 2-8 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
Time Traveler
A 20-minute mini room: travel with the Doctor to planet X, overrun by small destructive beings, and get home before it's destroyed.
- Group size
- 1-3 players
- Game time
- 20 minutes
Hot Seat
A two-minute, single-player puzzle challenge.
- Group size
- 1 players
- Game time
- 2 minutes
Ranger Station
No longer running
You had to pack up camp in Wilderness State Park and reach the ranger station before a storm cut off rescue; the room was retired in 2024.
- Group size
- 2-8 players
- Game time
- 60 minutes
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Make time for these
Open since 2017 on South Huron Avenue in downtown Mackinaw City, it builds most of its rooms around local lore. Shipwreck in the Straits sends you diving to a wreck that may be Le Griffon, the ship lost in 1679. High Risk Heist has you robbing the 1930s Mackinaw City Bank, and Search for Sasquatch puts you on Bigfoot's trail. For quick hits there's the 20-minute Time Traveler and the two-minute Hot Seat. Ranger Station, set in Wilderness State Park, was retired in 2024.
- A shipwreck dive on the trail of Le Griffon
- A 1930s bank job at the Mackinaw City Bank
- A 20-minute mini room and a two-minute Hot Seat
Plan your visit
Book online on their website; groups run from 1 to 8 players and every room is private. Hours aren't posted, so check the booking calendar, especially in winter, since Mackinaw City is a seasonal tourist town. It's a short walk from the ferry docks.
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