Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park

Love it here. .. We have been going for years. The kids have a great time, always plenty to do and lots of fun. We have stayed in their cabin which are the cleanest I have even seen and now have a camper so we go even more often.

Too expensive…$ 265.00 for 3 nights? I understand that this is a busy weekend for holloween… but this isn’t the beach or a resort on a fancy island… your in the middle of nowhere… i been coming here for the same weekend for the last 5yrs this is my last… i would rather spend my money going to a five star rated campground like castaways in ocean city md… every year i see less and less local people coming here…

We had a great time for their Halloween theme weekend. We rented the rustic cabin and it was perfect for us and very clean. We brought a small space heater and sound machine so it was cozy. The staff was so friendly and the campers were so nice and into making Halloween special. Sand is through the walkways so the dust pan and broom they have in the cabin was welcome! Overall we recommend this place and look forward to coming to check out the water area in the summer!

This was our second trip to Yogi Elmer, NJ. Water wars is always fun (for kids & adults) we brought a trailer w a huge water tank hitched to a pickup. There are a ton of teams that battle through the campground and at the water wars and that part is a blast!!! The pool at this facility is just screaming bacteria!!’ To say it was cloudy would be an understatement! You couldn’t see your hand in an inch of water! They must shock the pool each morning or evening unsure but I don’t suggest adults or children to go in unless you’re life goal would be to have E. coli or a skin disease. There were actual guests taking home pool samples to be tested LOL clearly this was a problem for a large # of guests!
Bathroom cleanliness improved from last year. Check in time took some time however it was due to waivers required to be assigned by each camper. There were no waivers last year so this was new.
They are pretty stern with quiet hour. At one point my girlfriend was told by security she «wasn’t permitted to laugh while riding her bike to the bathroom». No golf carts after 11 and they are very strict with this rule. We had a child who was in a wheelchair with our group and we had to get into the car to take him to the bathroom in the middle of the night & early morning. From a safety stand point you would think they’d prefer you drive a golf cart vs your big truck w trailer through the park but that’s just my personal opinion.
With all that being said, kids had a blast! Bring DEET/​Deep Woods bug spray bc this location has mutant Mosquitos that will make its purpose to eat your children alive given the chance. Site 218 had sand flees, per the campers, avoid this site at all cost! Lol
Staff/​Security were extremely helpful and friendly. They deliver wood & ice directly to your site, new and great feature!

Staff seemed like they knew nothing about how to run a campground. We were greeted with a «are you lost?» And giving me a nasty attitude If I didn’t have a car load of kids with me my jersey attitude would of had some very choice words for the wanna be park ranger. Arcade machines all busted and not working nothing like having a group of kids excited to play some outdated junk arcade only to lose all their quarters. In other words go camping in a wawa parking lot it will be a lot more fun

We typically would go off season because it was cheaper, this year they don’t even have off season rates. We will go this year only for wet and wild because it’s prepaid but won’t go back. I understand they have a lot for the kids to do in the summer months and that’s why it’s do pricey but there’s no reason for March to be the same price as August…
This was our go to weekend trip, not anymore.

Friendly staff. Very nice wood settings and. Clean RV’s

Pros: Jellystone campground is an okay as far as campgrounds go. They offer daily activities, a playground, pool and even a small waterpark. My kids really enjoyed all the amenities.
Cons: Most camp sites are covered with such a fine dirt, almost a sand… the children were filthy from sun up til sundown through no fault of their own. Dust is visible in the air, it’s so thick. The pool has no lifeguard and minimal staff at the waterpark. Bathrooms needed more than a touch up. I don’t think they were cleaned during the busy holiday weekend we were there.

I recently booked a stay at Jellystone in Elmer for a three-​day weekend. We’ve stayed at jellystone campgrounds before, most recently in the Lancaster, PA. This resort is below average for a Jellystone campground.
The campground is in a wooded area, and since the roads and paths do not have signs or markings it is amazingly difficult to navigate at night. Even if you arrive during the day, it is a guess as to what road you are turning on.
There is nothing comforting about the «Comfort Lodge» (AKA, the bathrooms). These are poorly placed and in our site (LF1) the bathroom was so far away we usually drove back and forth. The bathrooms were extremely dirty, with damaged doors and cabinets under the sink, sand everywhere, and they reeked. The showers did not have lights, were not air conditioned, and had sand and hair everywhere. Time your showers for the evening or the early morning because they run out of hot water quick.
The playground was nice, but the miniature golf course was a joke — a couple of beat-​up holes and they had no clubs or balls to use. The photos of the pool area on the web site are accurate, but once you arrive it looks a lot smaller than you would think. The water slides are dual-​purpose, meaning they can work both dry and wet, so there is an attendant basically spraying a garden hose on each one. The result is that the water is freezing. and filled with sand, grass, and other gunk.
We had a spot next to the «lake» — i use quotes because it is really the size of a pond, and just as murky. And our spot was right next to the main septic tank for the region — something they failed to mention when I was booking the site, of course. So the entire trip when we had a nice breeze we also had the experience of a whiff of septic fumes. Yummy!
Speaking of our site, we had an RV spot. Usually when you have an RV spot the hook ups for electric, water, and cable are all in the same area on the same side since RV makers put them on one side or the other. At out site, the water and a 30-​amp hookup were on one side, the sewer drain was weirdly positioned about 20 feet away, and the 110 hook up was on the opposite side of the site.
The camp store was average, with enough of the essentials to get by and some basic treats for the kids.
Cons:
— poorly marked roads
— poor hygiene in the facilities
— quality of amenities is low, except for Tiki Bay
— small camp store with limited selection
— expensive for what you get
Pros:
— pool was nice