More than 20 Yogi Bear-themed locations are adding new cabin/rental accommodations and/or RV sites in preparation for the 2023 season
Record business levels at Jellystone Park Camp-Resort locations across the country are prompting many Yogi Bear-themed park operators to add more cabins and campsites.
“Expansions are underway at more than 20 of our locations across the country,” said Trent Hershenson, vice president of marketing for Camp Jellystone, the Southfield, Michigan-based company that franchises Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts across North America.
“Many of the new cabins and campsites will be available Memorial Day, but some will open later in the summer,” Hershenson said.
Here’s a sampling of the expansion efforts underway at Jellystone Park locations this year:
— Asheboro, North Carolina: This location recently added 67 RV sites, boosting its total to 131 sites, including one quad site and 13 cabins.
— Bath, New York: This location is remodeling an existing apartment above its camp store that will accommodate up to eight guests.
— Burleson, Texas: This location recently opened 44 new Red Carpet luxury RV sites. This spring the location will open 14 new tipis and 12 covered wagons, and 19 grain bin cabins and three honeymoon grain bin cabins are targeting for opening by late spring.
— Carver, Massachusetts: This location is adding 83 cabins this year.
— Cave City, Kentucky: This location is adding 14 glamping tents that each sleep up to eight people.
— Chincoteague Island, Virginia: This location is adding air-conditioning to its 21 furnished safari tents. It is also replacing many of the on-site RVs that are available for rent with new RV units and converting some of those spaces to new deluxe pull-through RV sites.
— Fremont, Indiana: This location is adding 23 bungalow rentals this year.
— Glen Ellis, New Hampshire: This location is adding 29 cabins and 10 glamping pods, which are one-room, barrel-shaped accommodations. The pods are located along the Saco and Ellis Rivers and feature wood panel walls, heating and air-conditioning, a miniature refrigerator and microwave. This location is also adding electrical hookups to 47 of its rustic tent sites. The rental accommodations and tent sites complement this location’s 138 RV sites.
— Jamestown, New York: This new Jellystone Park location plans to add a new cabin, bringing its total inventory to five units.
— Kerrville, Texas: This location is adding two multifamily cabins, each of which has four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
— Millbrook, Illinois: This location is building a new amphitheater, which is expected to open in May.
— Mt. Gilead, Ohio: This location has added 30 new cabins for the 2023 season.
— North Monmouth, Maine: This location is adding five cabins and one large occupancy house that can sleep up to 16 people.
— Pittsfield, Illinois: This location plans to add more than 50 new cabins, 40 new pull-through RV sites, and a brand-new check-in building.
— South Haven, Michigan: This location plans to install a new furnished glamping tent by May.
— Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin: This location is adding a new three-bedroom bunkhouse, bringing its total cabin count to nine units and is also adding a new 36-foot RV that will be available for daily rental.
— Tabor City, North Carolina: This location is adding a new yurt, a new yurt bathhouse, and six full-hookup, Golden Getaway campsites, which feature 20 by 70-foot concrete pads, 10 by 40-foot concrete patios, a covered outdoor kitchen with stainless steel sinks, granite countertops, a propane grill and grilling tools.
— Tyler, Texas: This location is adding approximately 70 new cabins and 100 new RV sites this year.
— Waller, Texas: This location plans to install five new lakeside cabins and remodel 140 additional cabins by Memorial Day weekend.
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With more than 75 locations across the United States and Canada, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts feature fun attractions such as pools and water slides, non-stop family activities, up-close fun with Yogi Bear characters, and glamping-style accommodations. For more information about Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts, please visit www.jellystonepark.com. For information on franchising opportunities, please visit www.jellystonefranchise.com. Jellystone Park is part of Sun Outdoors’ family of brands.
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