- Shaded Family-sized Cabins at Jellystone Park - 2010 Anne Goetz
For families looking for the best place to camp with kids, Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts are the perfect choice. All-inclusive, safe, and family-oriented, Jellystone Parks are packed full of daily activities and amenities to complement every family camping vacation.
Activities Available at Jellystone Park
These are just a few of the kid-friendly activities families might find at a Jellystone Park Camp-Resort:
- swimming
- fishing
- hiking
- miniature Golf
- playgrounds
- arts and crafts sessions
- arcades.
All Jellystone Parks are independently owned and operated, so activities vary from site to site, but kid-friendly camping is the general theme. Activities like arts and crafts and laser tag are usually led by staff members who are there to answer questions and distribute equipment to campers, while others are self-serve. Mini-golf and arcades may fall under the help-yourself category at some campgrounds.
Activities begin at sun up at Jellystone Park, and continue all day and into the night. Campers can plan their days accordingly, to enjoy as many of the activities as possible, or they can opt out all together, to spend their time sequestered around a cozy family camp fire.
Activities schedules can usually be found posted on boards throughout the park in public areas such as pools and camp stores. Some parks, in the interest of going green, post their activities via one channel on the television that loops throughout the day.
Jellystone Offers Variety of Amenities
Amenities at Jellystone Park will vary by location as well, but some of the better resorts include:
- full-size water parks, complete with massive water slides
- pedal carts
- laser tag
- ice cream shops
- cafe's
- outdoor movie theaters
- camp stores
- golf-cart rentals
- pet-friendly sites.
Most of the amenities are included in the price of registration. Guests obtain a wristband at check-in for every registered member of the family which allows them to pass in and out of water parks, rides, and games for the duration of their stay.
Golf carts may be rented at an additional fee. Depending upon the park, rates usually hover around the $60 per day range, with discounts for multiple days. Some Jellystone Parks stretch over acres of wooded terrain, making the golf cart rental almost a necessity. Always optional, golf carts are the best means of getting around the park and back to the family campsite in a timely fashion.
To rent a golf cart at a Jellystone Park, campers must be licensed to drive in their particular state, and show proof at the time they take out the rental, they must not partake of alcoholic beverages before or while driving the cart, and they must not let any other registered family member drive, unless that camper has also provided a driver's license to the staff. Safety is always an important part of a vacation at Jellystone Park.
Levels of Sites Available at Jellystone Park
Jellystone Parks include camp sites to suit every personality, from primitive tent to luxury two-room cabin, and everything in between. With the ability to accommodate RVs and trailers, most Jellystone Parks have something that will appeal to every camping family. Many are even pet-friendly in specified locations, making it possible to bring furry family members along on vacation.
All camp sites at Jellystone include a picnic table and fire ring, and some have the addition of an outside grill. Some parks allow campers to forage for fallen wood in the forest surrounding their camp site, or wood may be ordered at the camp store for a minimal fee, usually around $5 for a small bundle. Ordered wood is delivered right to the camper's door by Jellystone staff. Campers are strongly discouraged from bringing in their own firewood, however, to prevent infestations of foreign insects that might damage vegetation.
Special touches also add to the overall enjoyment of guests at a Jellystone Park Camp-Resort. Campers can expect to find beautifully-landscaped camp sites that are positioned to be shaded throughout most of the day, and cabins complete with heat and air-conditioning. Jellystone parks that offer water slides also provide tubes sized to fit every family member from child through adult. Life vests in all sizes are also available at the pool, free of charge. Quiet time is observed after 11 p.m. at most parks for the sake of sleeping children, alcoholic beverages, while permitted, are confined to camp sites, and low speed limits are prolifically-posted throughout the parks.
The reasons to consider booking a family camping vacation at Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts are endless. With over 70 locations available in the U.S.A., to a chance at spotting Yogi Bear himself, a weekend spent camping with the kids at Jellystone Park will create family memories that last a lifetime.
Book your Jellystone Park Camp-Resort vacation today by calling 1-800-558-2954.
Anne Goetz - Anne Goetz is a full-time working mother of two with a degree in Communications. She has been a freelance web writer for a year with ...
