Monday,2009-08-03 at 1:25 pm
The fifth annual Civil War Event will take place at the Jellystone Park campground in Knightstown, Indiana this weekend - August 8 and 9, 2009. The Knightstown campground is located 25 miles east of Indianapolis off I-70.
Civil War re-enactors of the 33rd Virginia, 44th Kentucky, 49th Indiana and 1st Wisconsin will be encamped at the Jellystone Park. You and your family will experience how people lived, ate, slept, played, dress and fought. This is a wonderful learning opportunity with many hands-on activities and demonstrations.
Activities are scheduled for 9 am - 10 pm Saturday and Sunday 9 am - 2pm. Admission is $5/person per day.
Call 800-446-9644 to reserve your campsite! Cabins, RV sites and tent campsites are available.
Monday,2009-07-27 at 12:11 pm
It’s the month in which we celebrate our country’s hard-earned (and hard-defended) independence, and we’re so excited to honor a member of the United States Marines as July’s Camping Memories contest winner! Sergeant Robert Spade was kind enough to share his family’s longtime love of Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts. Thanks to Sgt. Spade for being part of our family - and especially for his service to the our nation!
My wife and I have been camping together since our wedding 24 years ago. We started out in a tent, then two pop-up campers, (during which time our daughters were born), two travel trailers and finally the fifth wheel we currently have. We used to stay only at KOA Campgrounds because that is all we knew. They met our basic needs, but their prices kept going up and they started charging extra for children and the use of A/C, which the 10% KOA Kard did not put a dent in these add on charges.
Then one day while we were planning a trip to Natural Bridge, VA, we found a Jellystone Park nearby and we decided to try it. That was the beginning of a whole new kind of camping. The staff are the most helpful and friendliest I have ever witnessed. From making the reservations to leaving the park, they made my family feel like we are the only campers there. There is always well organized activities to keep our children entertained if I need some alone time. Having served 12 years and two Combat Tours in the Marine Corps, it brought tears to my eyes every morning when we would gather at the Flagpole to say the Pledge of Allegiance with Yogi or Boo Boo. The campground was so clean and peaceful.
family vacation at Jellystone Park
Anytime I have had to cancel for any reason, they are most understanding and helpful. The campgrounds and the staff are focused on clean, safe and well organized family fun. My children still sing the “Sticky Moose Song” they learned on the hayride in Niagara Falls, Canada. We now plan our camping trips around Jellystone Parks. We are booked at the Luray, VA Jellystone Park over the July 4th weekend, and my children are eager to try the waterslide. We have not camped at a KOA since we discovered what Jellystone Parks have to offer. I want to thank you for your training program, it really shows in the service we receive. Here are a few of our photos that we have collected, it was hard to limit how many to send. Thank you for all of the past and future memories you have helped provide for my family.
If you’d like to enter the Camping Memories contest, join the Jellystone Park Journal, our e-newsletter.
Monday,2009-07-27 at 10:28 am
Located in Monticello, IN, just minutes from Indiana Beach Amusement Resort, Lake Shafer, and more, Jellystone Park Camp-Resort at Indiana Beach was recently named “Facility of the Year” and awarded the “Excellence Award.” In addition to fully-equipped tent and RV sites, the campground offers 14 air-conditioned cabins, four of which include bathrooms. Onsite you’ll find a large pool and an awesome kiddie pool, both heated; an air-conditioned game room, an indoor theater where kids can watch Yogi Bear cartoons; a playground; volleyball; hayrides; and planned activities all summer long.
But that’s just where the fun starts. Jellystone Park at Indiana Beach offers a free tram ride for guests to visit the Indiana Beach Amusement Resort, Indiana’s largest amusement resort and vacation playground with thrilling amusement rides, six great roller coasters, six waterslides and action river, great food, shopping, ski shows and more. General admission to Indiana Beach Amusement Resort is free, but you’ll need to purchase a wristband to ride the rides or enter the waterpark. If roller coasters aren’t your cup of tea, it’s fun to just walk around the Resort, shop, eat and catch a free ski show.
Roller coasters, waterpark & more!
The Amusement Resort has three daily ski shows and a great fireworks display running every Friday and Saturday night between June 19-August 22. If you prefer a more nature-filled experience, consider nearby Lake Shafer, with its boat launch and boat and jet ski rentals. Spend a beautiful summer weekend boating, skiing, tubing, or fishing the fully stocked lake - many of its fish are in the state record category.
Jellystone Park Camp-Resort at Indiana Beach is clearly the place to be in the heartland this summer.
Monday,2009-07-27 at 10:02 am
Each year, Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts conduct a Customer Satisfaction Survey to improve our guest service and amenities. As an incentive, four lucky guests are randomly chosen from the respondents to receive a $500 cash gift card. Here’s a little about each 2008 winner and their plans for the $500 prize money.
Nicole C. from Conover, North Carolina stayed at the Jellystone Park Camp-Resort in Cherokee, NC with her husband and four year old son several times over the summer. The 2008 camping season was their first year camping at a Jellystone Park. They enjoy tent camping and plan to spend the winnings on some fishing supplies and new tent. Nicole says, “We like to stay beside the river and have always had a great time. Jellystone is a great family oriented campground.”
Marie F. from Wadesville, Indiana and her husband and children camped with her brother and his family at the St. Louis, Missouri campground location in August 2008 for the first time. “The campground we stayed at was very clean and (the people) friendly. The kids enjoyed all the activities. I enjoy camping because it lets me and the family spend time together.” says Marie. She says the prize money will probably go towards another camping trip.
Arcenio G. from Forney, Texas likes tent camping with his family. They camped in July at the Hill Country, Texas campground and plan to spend some of their prize money on more camping equipment. Arcenio says, “Camping is so productive for the family to spend real quality time. We love the family atmosphere, all the amenities, the security, and activities there!”
Tabitha H. from North Carolina went tent camping in July 2008 at the Cherokee, North Carolina campground with her husband. She says, “Our first time camping at Jellystone Park was great! The park was very clean and the staff was very friendly. We enjoy camping and the outdoors very much!” The couple plans to use their winnings on another camping trip to Washington State.
Tuesday,2009-07-07 at 10:49 am
We’re excited to announce June’s winner of our 40th anniversary Camping Memories contest: Nicholas S. of Edgerton, WI. Nicholas’ parents began bringing him and his siblings to visit us in 1991, and haven’t stopped since.
My family has been camping at Jellystone Parks since 1991. Over the years, we have brought my grandparents and friends to Jellystone Park to camp with us and have even had a couple of family reunions at Jellystone Park. Many of our family’s favorite summertime memories have occurred at the many Yogi Bear Jellystone Parks that we have visited. The staff at every campground is always so helpful and goes out of their way to be sure that our family is having a great vacation. The parks are always so nicely landscaped and clean and there are always so many planned activities to take part in and amenities to enjoy. From swimming in the pool to mini golf and watching Yogi Bear cartoons in the amphitheater, our family has really enjoyed spending our vacation time at Jellystone Park. When our family takes a vacation, we always look for a Jellystone Park near our destination to stay at.
Because of our stays at Jellystone, I have begun to collect Yogi Bear merchandise and I am a huge Yogi Bear fan. The first Jellystone Park collectible that I got was a Yogi Bear mug and a Yogi Bear plastic figurine on our first camping trip in 1991. My sister got the corresponding Cindy figurine. We would spend hours playing with these figurines and would pretend we were at Jellystone Park. These items are now a treasured part of my collection (I have included a picture of my sister and me on our first camping trip at Jellystone Park of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin). I love searching for vintage toys at garage sales and flea markets and shopping the gift shop at each Jellystone Park we visit to find something new to add to my collection. My collection has certainly grown over the years.
I will always cherish the memories and fun times I have spent with my family at Jellystone Parks. I am eagerly looking forward to summer and spending more time with my family camping at Jellystone Park.
Thanks Nicholas! We love that you have grown up with us. If you’d like to enter our Camping Memories contest, just join our monthly e-newsletter.
Tuesday,2009-07-07 at 9:45 am
May’s winner of the Camping Memories Contest is Shauna F. of New Brunswick, Canada. Her family are regular Jellystone Park campers and we are so happy they have made us part of their summer!
We started going to Jellystone Park campground in New Brunswick before we even had a camper! We would stay in the cabins and bring Christmas decorations with us. Three summers ago we purchased a tent trailer and started going every summer. I love the smiling faces on my kids and the fun they have. We have done Christmas in July, Halloween and many others. The look on my kids’ faces when they realized that they would actually be able to see Yogi Bear was great! All the kids had turns and no one was turned away. At our Jellystone Park, the hayride continues until everyone who wants a ride has one. As you can see from my children’s photos, Camp Jellystone is a hit.
Enjoying a round of mini-golf at Jellystone Park
However, last year was the best. My youngest son, Joshua, who was 3, and I had a ball at Bedtime Stories with Yogi Bear. Joshua was over the top with excitement! He wore his PJs, had cookies and milk and gave Yogi Bear more hugs than we could count.
Want to be our next contest winner? Just join our e-newsletter mailing list. Prizes include Yogi Bear merchandise and a water bocce game from Riebee.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Tuesday,2009-07-07 at 9:44 am
Helen B. of Ridgeway, IA, and her family have been camping at the Jellystone Park campground in Warrens, WI, for more than 30 years. The tradition started with her own young sons and has carried on to include their wives and children. Here’s Helen’s account of why they’ve been Yogi Bear’s guests since 1975.
We have been camping at Jellystone Park in Warrens WI since 1975, when we saw the TV commercial. By 1976 we had a pop up. We could always tell when Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy were coming because my two sons were scared of them and would run back to our camper!
Warrens was a small campground at the time so we knew the staff and rangers and we went to all the games and the movies at night, as well as the bands on weekends. We have so many memories of Jellystone Park that over the years we have gone back with our sons and their families and still have a great time! I am so glad my grandkids have the same thrills we had and are making new memories.
We now go up especially in July to celebrate my two youngest grandkids’ birthdays and they look forward to it. So since 1975 - for over 30 years - my family has loved Jellystone Park! I hope my grandkids can bring their kids to Jellystone to start another generation of making memories.
There were so many good times there that it is hard to pick out just one. The staff was so good and helpful; the rangers gave my boys ranger hats and took then with them if they had free time to show them around and that is all they talked about when they got home! Jellystone Park has always been our home away from home; even the changes and the expansion don’t take away from the friendliness of the staff.
Thanks for over 30 years of memories and keep up the good work! We will see you there this summer - my granddaughter has already asked when we going!
We love Helen’s story! And we know the crew at Warrens can’t wait to see the Bergans this summer.
Tuesday,2009-07-07 at 9:03 am
Barbara K. of Devens, MA, has been camping with us since 1985, passing on her beloved traditions to her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Now that’s a camper after Yogi’s own heart! That’s why Barbara is our March Campging Memories winner and will receive a basket of Yogi Bear™ goodies. Read on to find out how Barbara’s family has spent two decades building memories at Jellystone Park Camp-Resort.
I’ve been coming to Jellystone Park since 1985 when I brought my five daughters and their cousins camping. I usually came with 10 kids and myself. Since that time I have had five weddings and now 12 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren that I have been bringing to see Yogi and Cindy and Boo Boo. It’s my fondest memories. I was camping in the rain in our tent that sleeps 12 at our favorite site one time with 10 kids and it collapsed with all of us inside and we all scurried to the van to find a dry spot to finish the night out in. As morning approached, so did the camp staff. They were wonderful. They took all our soaked sleeping bags and dried them in the laundry for us, they helped squeegee out our flooded tent and helped us drain our site of the big lake, as my grandson called it. Those grandkids are in their 20’s now and still talk about that camping trip and how they will never forget it.
Another time I had only five grandkids with me and the winds suddenly picked up and blew at our tent and shook the walls and kept us all awake. My oldest grandson Noah said to me, “Boy, it’s a good thing you’re fat, Nana, to hold the tent down!” We laughed until we fell asleep. They registered 55 mph winds that night and the damage we saw in the morning shocked us, but again the camp staff came through and helped us clear our sites of debris and helped us find our screen house that took off in the middle of the night towards the river. It was very exciting and very much fun.
Your staff is amazing. The activities involve all of us as a family, or individuals if that’s what they want; there is always something for everyone, no matter how young or how old. My granddaughter has made friends with some of the cleaning ladies who helped her reach the sink to wash her muddy hands, and the maintenance men who deliver our wood for us as I am too old now to carry it myself. The campgrounds are the cleanest and safest I have ever had the pleasure of staying at, and I would never take my grandkids anywhere else. It’s like being home when we are there. Even the campers are helpful, courteous, and have made lasting relationships with my kids and grandkids. Whenever anybody ever asks me where I want to go on vacation, they need not even ask; I want to go to Jellystone Park. The best camping experience of a lifetime.
Thank you for years and years of great memories with my kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids, I will never forget any of it. Ever. See you in the spring!!
Thanks, Barbara, for sharing with us! We can’t wait to see you again.
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Monday,2009-07-06 at 3:22 pm
To celebrate the Jellystone Park franchise 40th Anniversary in 2009, we are featuring a monthly Camping Memories contest in our e-newsletter. The author of the chosen story each month receives a package of Yogi Bear merchandise.
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The Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts team is truly enjoying hearing from our guests about their memories with their favorite bear! Every month we sort through the photos and emails Jellystone Park Journal readers send, searching for the best of the best. Below is a story from Laurel, Maryland resident Kelly D., who has been camping with us for a decade. Thanks, Kelly, for sharing your fun with us and giving us the chance to share your beautiful family with other guests.
We discovered the Jellystone Park in Hagerstown, MD about 10 years ago and have been going every year since!! We enjoy the mini golf, candy bar bingo, ceramics, outdoor movies and all of the other activities that the campground has to offer. They keep the kids busy and there is always something for everyone to enjoy.
In the summertime we go for the Rangers Revenge and Picnic Plunge in the new water zone park and in the fall we never miss the Halloween weekends.
I thought that we wouldn’t be going as much now that our girls are older, but I’m happy to say that they still enjoy it and the fall Halloween weekends have turned into multi-family events!!! We look forward to enjoying “our” Jellystone Park for many years to come!
I’ve included some pictures from our October 2008 Halloween weekend trip! My daughter and my two nieces really enjoyed the trick or treating from campsite to campsite and the Hey Ride with Cindy!!
- Trick-or-Treating at Jellystone Park campground
Find out how your family can build a camping tradition at the Hagerstown, MD Jellystone Park.
Monday,2009-07-06 at 3:00 pm
To celebrate the Jellystone Park franchise 40th Anniversary in 2009, we are featuring a monthly Camping Memories contest in our e-newsletter. The author of the chosen story each month receives a package of Yogi Bear merchandise.
Sign up to receive the monthly Jellystone Park Journal so you can enter too!
Bonnie M from Carnegie, PA was the January winner. Here’s her story:
My 2 girls and I go camping every year at the Jellystone Park in Mill Run, PA for at least a week. Over the years, we have gone up at different times of the summer to try each themed weekend. Halloween and Mardi Gras weekends are family favorites. Everyone makes us feel right at home! My girls enjoy spending time with Ali, Anne, Rob, Megan, Carl, and so many other great workers. We like having something to do all day long, from “Hey! rides” to ceramics, fire truck rides to scavenger hunts. Or if we just want to hang out by the pool and relax, we can do that, too. The facilities are always clean and in working order. We have never had any problems at the park. We recommend it to our family and friends, as well as I post it on my blogs. Last year we even had some family friends come up and visit while we were there! They enjoyed their time so much, they booked their own small vacation there!
Attached you will find some pictures from two years of camping. There were so many to choose from, it was hard to narrow it down! It was great seeing how much fun the kids had again, and we can’t wait to book our vacation for this summer. The girls look forward to it every year, and the campground never lets them down!
Thanks so much for the wonderful memories!
Fun with Yogi & Boo Boo at Jellystone Park
Thank you, Bonnie, for sharing your family fun with us! Those are Bonnie’s girls in the photo, hanging out with Yogi Bear and Boo Boo™ at the Mill Run campground.
