Pere Marquette’s stables provide horseback riding, trails, horses for sale, hayrides and ponies for children. Children 8 and older can ride their own horses. There are generally 10 horses available.

Pere Marquette State Park offers its visitors a variety of recreational activities including hiking, biking, fishing, horseback riding, and boating.

Hikers will find a variety of hiking opportunities at the park with 10 trails that total approximately 12 miles. The trails' ratings range from easy to difficult and travel through a variety of habitats. There are 9 scenic overlooks along the trails that provide the hiker with a panorama of the countryside. The trails are color-coded and are clearly marked with paint on the trees and signposts.

Pere Marquette's Visitor Center, opened in October of 1997, welcomes you with a three-dimensional map of the park, a gift shop and information center, and a wealth of other displays and exhibits concerning the Illinois River, wildlife habitat, local history and geology. Designed to compliment the CCC era lodge the Visitor Center won the State of Illinois Thomas H. Madigan Award for Aesthetic Integration in 1998.