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Pere Marquette State Park

Pere Marquette offers the camper a wide variety of options. 

The 80 site Class A campground can accommodate RVs as well as traditional campers. In addition there are two Rent-A-Camp cabins and two handicap accessible sites. Amenities at this campground include electrical hookups, sanitary dump stations and drinking water. A shower building is available on the grounds. Campsites 2-30 and 80 can be reserved from May through October while the others are on a first come, first served basis year-round. See the links below for price.

The Class B campground, which is for tents only, has access to a shower building.

The Youth Tent Camp Area, also known as Duncan Hill, is popular with groups like scouting organizations. This is a separate site with a picnic shelter and tables, pit-type toilets and drinking water.

For large organized groups there are three camping sites. Camp Potawatomi accommodates 68 campers and Camps Piasa and Ouatoga accommodate 145 campers. All these sites offer fully equipped kitchens and dining rooms, lighted sleeping cabins with cots and mattresses and restroom facilities with warm showers and flush toilets. Camps Piasa and Ouatoga feature swimming pools.


Please note that greatriverroad.com is not the official site of Pere Marquette State Park. The following links are to pages maintained by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

CAMPGROUND MAP

RENT-A-CAMP PROGRAM DETAILS

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APPLICATION FOR CAMPSITE RESERVATION

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