Category: Jellystone Park News

As record-breaking winter snows continue to snarl much of the northeastern part of the United States, a look in a southerly direction shows hope for the spring! Jellystone Park™ campgrounds are excited to welcome an outstanding new campground to our family in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.  If you’re worn out with cold and ice, planning a visit to […]

The Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics and the Jellystone Park™ campground system have forged a new partnership to reach hundreds of thousands of families with Leave No Trace education. The partnership is part of a comprehensive effort to teach outdoor skills and ethics, as well as help make the critical connection between people […]

Only the very best campgrounds are accepted into the Jellystone Park family … and we’re proud to welcome a brand new member in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana! The former Cedar Ridge Camping Resort will re-open on April 16 as .    Located just a few short miles from Lake Monroe – Indiana’s largest lake – the […]

While all Jellystone Park™ campgrounds offer excellent opportunities for family fun and top-notch camping, each year the system’s franchisor, Leisure Systems Inc., digs deep into the details to determine the very best of the best. This year, that campground is the Jellystone Park Camp-Resort of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and it’s been named Camp-Resort of […]

Four Jellystone Park campgrounds have been recognized by the Good Sam Club as being the “Best of the Best” campgrounds in North America. Each year, campgrounds are inspected and rated on three categories on a scale of 1 to 10: completeness of facilities, cleanliness and physical appearance of restrooms, and visual appeal. Only those campgrounds […]

The Christmas Carnival of Lights opened at the Jellystone Park on Thanksgiving day. There are more than 1 million lights on the grounds of the campground that can be seen on a drive through the park. You’ll see what Santa’s elves are working on in Santa’s workshop, Rudolph leading Santa’s huge sleigh, and a huge […]

David and Deidre Carroll from Keller, Texas, are the $10,000 grand prize winners of the Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park 40th Anniversary Video Contest. The Carrolls and their daughters Ashton (age 7) and Jordan (age 5), received their $10,000 prize, a basket of Jellystone Park gift basket full of Yogi Bear souvenirs on a return visit […]

 Jellystone Park campers are always up for a good time, but never more so than when the frost is on the pumpkin (and the candle is in it.) Our campgrounds are wrapping up the summer and planning blowout fright and fun fests. If you’ve never been to Jellystone Park during Halloween season – you’re missing […]

Scott W. of Island Park, NY is our September Campground Memories Contest winner. Congratulations Scott! Recently we had been camping in Pennsylvania. We had planned on staying there with some friends for 4 days.  I still had a week’s vacation so my wife and I decided to travel to another park and spend a few […]

A recent episode of “The Today Show” featured an area that’s very special to Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts: Lake George in the Adirondack Mountains of New York state. This incredibly beautiful and fun-filled region was included as part of the show’s “Today Takes a Vacation” series, which highlights America’s best family destinations and all they have […]