(906) 298-0476
2-min walk to the Mackinac ferry docks
Quarter-run washers and dryers at 417 N State St, sized from a single home load up to six in one machine — $3.50 to $9 a cycle. No appointment, no attendant to wait on. Open daily, 6 AM to 11:45 PM.
Self-serve means you're on your own clock — no drop-off window, no pickup to schedule.
Machines are sized by how many regular home loads they swallow — one at $3.50 up to six at $9. Prices posted on each one.
Feed in quarters, add soap, start it. Forgot detergent? It's available from vending right here.
Move it over to the dryers, then fold on the long counters. Start the last load early enough to finish before close.
The floor runs from ordinary to oversized. Speed Queen front-loaders handle the week's clothes and towels the way a good home machine would, only faster and several at a time — which is the whole point when you're doing four loads in one sitting instead of four nights in a row.
Then there are the Dexter Maxi Load washers and their matching dryers, the biggest of which take roughly six home loads at once. These are the machines people drive across the Mackinac Bridge for: king comforters, sleeping bags, moving blankets, a whole tent's worth of bedding after a week at the campground. If it won't fit in the washer at the cabin, it fits here.
Detergent, softener, and dryer sheets are in the vending on site, so a forgotten bottle isn't a wasted trip. Folding counters run along the dryers.
What it costs. Everything runs on quarters, and the price follows the size of the machine — $3.50 for the smallest, up to $9 for the biggest. The useful way to read that: machines are sized in regular home loads. The $3.50 washer takes about one. The $9 machine takes about six.
Which means a week of laundry for a family of five doesn't have to be five trips through a home washer — it's one machine, one wash, one dry, and you're folding in ninety minutes. Prices are posted on each machine; call (906) 298-0476 if you want to know before you load the car.
Coin-op laundromats are thin on the ground up here. There isn't one on Mackinac Island at all — island staff and visitors cross on the ferry and walk two minutes to us. Mackinaw City traffic comes north over the bridge. Folks from Cheboygan and the cabin country make the run for the large-capacity machines. See the full areas we serve.
Because we're open 6 AM to 11:45 PM every day, the self-serve floor works around a shift or a ferry schedule — early before the first boat, or late after the dinner rush lets out.
Yes — Bayside Coin Laundry, 417 N State St, two minutes on foot from the Mackinac Island ferry dock. Open every day, 6 AM to 11:45 PM.
Yes, the self-serve washers and dryers run on quarters. Call (906) 298-0476 if you want to check on change before you head over.
$3.50 to $9 a cycle, depending on machine size. Machines are rated in regular home loads — the $3.50 washer takes about one, the $9 Maxi Load takes about six. Quarters. Prices posted on each machine; call (906) 298-0476 to confirm.
About 90 minutes all in: roughly 30 in the washer, 45 to 60 in the dryer depending on the load.
Yes. The Dexter Maxi Load washers and matching dryers take comforters, sleeping bags, blankets, and big family or camping loads.
No — detergent and laundry supplies are available from vending on site. Bring your own if you prefer a specific brand.
Every day, including weekends and holidays, 6 AM to 11:45 PM. Start your last load early enough to finish drying before close.
No. We're the closest self-serve option — a two-minute walk from the ferry dock on the St. Ignace side. More detail on the Mackinac Island laundry page.
There's a lot on site at 417 N State St. It doubles as Mackinac Island ferry parking — see that page for day and overnight rates.