From November through March, the Activity Center and Ice Skating Pavilion offers skating. Refrigeration units maintain an ice skating surface even in mild weather. Skates are available for rent at the pavilion. In other months, it can be rented as a picnic shelter for large groups. The Activity Center includes a snack bar, an indoor playground and a computer game simulating golf, pitching to major league batter, kicking field goals and kicking a soccer ball against a goalie.
Snow means sledding and cross-country skiing at the park.
The Fred H. Hawkins Toboggan Runs near Riverview Lodge do not even need snow, just cold weather. Toboggans and plastic sleds can be rented. Accommodations and Food Service Peter Kiewit Lodge is the centerpiece of Mahoney State Park, with 40 spacious, well-appointed rooms, a restaurant, gift shop, game room and an array of meeting and conference rooms. All the guest rooms are heated and air-conditioned, have telephones and televisions, and 16 include sleeping lofts and fireplaces. Most rooms have walkout decks overlooking the park or the Platte River.