Presque Isle Park

beautiful as ever. you cannot beat mother earth. you must really go and experience it.

A must do if visiting the area. Glad we rode our bikes around the park (no entry fee). Took us about an hour to ride at a leisurely pace with stops along the way to see wildlife and scenery. Was able to walk around the rocks a bit and stick my feet in Lake Superior. So clear and cold! This is a must do if visiting the area.
Visited July 2015

Enchanted forest. Explore Presque Isle by car on a single lane road that weaves through the park, or get out and explore the wilderness by foot. Fern fields, steep ravines, mossy areas — and plenty of trails to guide your adventures.
Plenty of places to pull over and take pictures, watch the sunset, and head to the waterfront. Even a picnic area!
If you’re lucky you’ll spot a deer friend or two — just don’t feed them because it’s against state law!

Fun place to wander around. They have a really nice pavilion and event area.
The best part is scaling the rocks along shore and hunting for picturesque views. The copper in the water makes for a nice blue-​green hue in many areas, especially if it is sunny.
It looks like there is a beach there as well so I bet it’s a nice place in the heat of summer.

Best place to go when you have family in town and want to give them some scenic views.

Great park and nature preserve. This is especially great if you are just visiting and don’t have an ORV sticker from the state. The walk out across the sand (rock) is challenging and can be cold but is awesome to see the isle. Sunset point is great in the evening for watching the sun set over Lake Superior.

Excellent park from the views you get of marquette to the animals you will see in the park as well a the many people walking running and basically enjoying all the park has to give.
Many places where you can access Lake Superior I you want to take a dip and sunset point is a nice area to view the sunset. All in all visited the park each day when we were in the area. Highly recommend.

Beautiful views! Both the drive & the hiking.
Around every corner there was a more breathtaking view. We could have stared out over black rocks for hours… Bring some snacks and settle in for a while. It’s rejuvenating!
We saw several bicyclists on the paved trails. Looks like it’s a nice ride as well.
Easy trails so if you don’t have time to picnic you can still visit & walk the loop and see the view in a couple hours…
Totally worth it!

Presque Isle park is one of Marquette’s gems. A beautiful «almost island» that juts out into Lake Superior on three sides. Sheer rocky cliffs on one side and a more gradual yet still rocky other side with a nice Middle Bay beach.
This is the perfect place for hiking, trail running, snowshoeing, XC skiing, cliff jumping at blackrocks, biking, and so much more. Personally I loved setting up my hammock and enjoying the warm summer breeze. Or practicing my balance on the slackline. The main park area would be great for a wedding. And the lighthouse is fun to boulder hop to. Make sure to visit the breakwall in the winter too. Although you can’t go past the gate, the ice formations are neat.
There are a couple indoor gathering spaces, as well as an ice cream store that sells Jilbert’s.
Presque Isle is an amazing place in Marquette and has recreation options for all four seasons.

Fantastic! Gorgeous! Wonderful! Awesome! Superb views of Lake Superior all around! It’s very nice to go visit and spend a few minutes or a few hours by the lake!
The views on every side are magnificent in their own way. We stopped at the lighthouse and took a walk around, it was beautiful. There is a cute little park off the center of one of the first parking areas and it was great for our daughter to play for a while and get some steam off so we could walk and explore!
We had a fantastic few days in Marquette and visited Presque Isle every day and one day went twice! It’s gorgeous at sunrise or sunset! Very well maintained grounds and did i mention it was gorgeous all around! We will be back!

Always beautiful, Presque Isle Park was a place where I spent my childhood. The wildlife and views definitely make it a place I try to visit when I’m back…
But it has become overrun with cars. Walking around in the more wooded area is now far more dangerous as a result of teenagers driving far too quickly. I think it would be best if only handicapped visitors used the roads and everyone else had to walk around.

Always liked either driving or walking around this place during college and it’s one of the great landmarks of Marquette. It’s a great place to take in the beauty of Lake Superior and see some great wildlife. Went up here in the summer of 2011, drove around it with my fiancée and we decided it’d be a great place to get married. The scenery is awesome from the isle in any direction: Partridge Island, Ore Dock or just out into the lake.
We rented the Pavilion for our wedding this past September and it was a great location the overlooked the bay. The pavilion was reasonable, had good indoor space with fireplace, kitchen and a great outdoor space with a huge grill. The location was great for our wedding and all of our family and friends loved it.
There’s usually some art or trade festivals that take place throughout the summer that are fun to walk through.

My wife’s favorite place in the world. The views from the tall bluffs on the north end of the island are breathtaking. Don’t miss diver’s cove and the chance to jump 30″ into the cold, blue Lake Superior water.

Beautiful little park right in the middle of Marquette. Every year I’m back in the UP, I always make a stop to take in the view. Along with that, I always make sure to stop by the little ice cream shop they have at the other end of the trail. They sell Jilbert’s ice cream, which is easily some of the best ice cream I’ve had.
Really, what’s not to love?

Was there just recently and really took Marquette for granted when I lived there. This area brings back lots of memories. All I can really say is get your butts out there to see. One of the top places to visit along with Sugar Loaf. Last time I was there I even made it all the way out to the lighthouse on the break wall, quite the calorie burner.
Great place for cook outs or just enjoying nature. Go to Black Rocks and jump in.

I used to ride my bike here and loved it. The address isn’t accurate. Basically, just go north on Lakeshore and you’ll hit it (look at the map.).

Along the shore of Lake Superior in the city of Marquette, Presque Isle runs several miles long, with both sandy and rocky beaches. There’s a playground and a field house with concessions just as you enter Presque Isle. Often you will find public art on display in this area. The winding drive around Presque Isle takes you through some forest and beach.
A dream come true for rock collectors, the beaches offer a vast array of green, reddish, blue and other colored pebbles and the highly sought after agates, beaten by the waves against the shore and roughly polished through the years. Some parts of the beach have reddish stone with white mineral veins, while others have black slate.
With most of the UP having been mining areas for iron and copper, the colored stones containing traces of iron and copper serve as a reminder of the UP’s history.
There’s some beautiful scenery to behold with old trees jutting out from cliffs overlooking the lake and occasional deer wandering by.
Surfers in wetsuits swim out to ride the choppy waves of the cold lake. Some of the cliffs along the shore are downright treacherous.
We visit Presque Isle in our travels every year and bring back a box of colorful stones to add to our garden’s collection, a souvenir from one of our favorite places in Michigan.