Pere Marquette contains large expanse of public sandy beach bordered on the north by the Muskegon Channel. Park is the northern most end of 2.5 miles of City-owned Lake Michigan frontage. There is a 200 handicapped walkway on the beach.

Facilities: Restaurants (1), snack bar (1), play apparatus areas (2),  restrooms (1), picnic area (1), sand volleyball courts (40), public beach, handicapped walkway.