A variety of recreational opportunities await you at Ricketts Glen. Choose from fishing, boating, swimming, family or group camping, cabins, winter sports, bridle trails, hiking, environmental education, hunting and the waterfalls of the Glens Natural Area. Non-powered and registered electric powered boats are permitted on the 245 acre Lake Jean. Canoes and row boats may be rented during the summer season. A beach area is available for swimming from Memorial Day week end to Labor Day.
Lake Jean offers anglers warm water game fish and pan fish.
Several creeks also harbor trout. Mountain Springs Lake, a 40 acre lake owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, adjoins the east end of the park. One hundred twenty tent and trailer sites and ten new modern cabins are available for year round use. Qualified groups may reserve the 150 person capacity group tenting area. Half of the campsites may be reserved in advance.