Here at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ in Madison, Maine, we have fun events throughout the season!

* Weekend activities are scheduled to begin the first weekend we are open to nightly camping and end our last weekend.

For 2024, we will be having a few more bands, DJs, and other entertainment scattered amongst our great themes.  More information will be coming about that.
Some activities are weather permitting and all activities are included in your stay except those indicated with a dollar sign ($).
Weekday activities are currently scheduled to begin June 24 and end August 23.
SUBJECT TO CHANGE

May Themed Weekends

May 10 — 12

Mom’s Butterfly Bash (Spring Rate)

Celebrate Mom’s with some special time just for her, make mom a gift, participate in mom & child games and fun, wine & paint class for moms

May 17 — 19

Bark in the Park! (Spring Rate)

Special fun for your furry friends including a pet photo booth, treat bar, agility course, contests, and pet talent show. Donate a pet item (supplies, toys, or food) to be collected and given to a local animal rescue or shelter.

May 24— 27

Memorial Madness (Holiday Rate) (3 Night Minimum)

Kick off summer with good food and good friends! Enjoy wagon rides, laser tag, foam parties, barrel rides, slip ‘n slide and more! Bring your best BBQ dish for a taste test contest because every Memorial Day celebration needs a good cookout!

June Themed Weekends

May 31— June 2

FairyTale Fantasy(Spring Rate)

Bring the royalty! Kings and queens, Princes and princesses, this enchanted weekend will include tales of fairies far and wide, with unicorns, dragons, jousting, catapult challenges, and a medieval costume contest and ball.

June 7 — 9

Jurassic Jam (Spring Rate)

Dino tour – take a wagon ride around the park and see how many dinosaurs you can find. Drive in dinosaur movie. Fossil digging, match dino footprints, and more jurassic fun.

June 14 — 16

Dad’s Donut Dash (Summer Rate)

Dad and child competitions, corn hole tournament, around-the-park donut dash (fundraiser), donut eating contest, kids make a gift for dad, Dad’s Grillin’ Competition, and enjoy a late check-out.(Check availability for late checkout.)

June 21 — 23

A Lil Bit Country (Summer Rate)

Yeehaw y’all! It’s a little bit of country, a little bit of red neck, and a little bit of down on the farm, including a petting farm, some redneck games, wife-carrying contest, toilet paper toss, stein holding and seed spitting contests, and don’t forget to enter your man in our 6th Annual Backwoods Beauty Contest!

June 28 — 30

S’Mores Wars (Summer Rate)

Enjoy candy bar bingo, s’mores wars, marshmallow fights, a sweet treat bar and a chocolate slip n’ slide. Need s’more fun? A bonfire, drive-in movie and adult game of bingo is also in store. /strong>

July Themed Weekends

July 4 – 7

Americana (Holiday Rate) (3 Night Minimum)

Celebrating the red, white, and blue in a wet & wild way, with rwb-themed crafts, get-wet water games and rides, and a red, white and blue golf cart parade.. DON’T MISS OUR FIREWORKS SHOW!

July 12 — 14

Bear-Y-Christmas (Summer Rate)

Christmas has arrived at Yonderhill, and the bears are beyond excited at the arrival of Santa. Sing holiday songs, make ornaments, participate in the tree lighting, enjoy Christmas Crafts! Santa will be here handing out gifts (parent provided) on Saturday! Decorate your site for a chance to win a prize.

July 19 — 21

Christmas in July (Summer Rate)

It’s so much fun, we do it again. Santa will make a return visit, we’ll play in the snow and have reindeer games, make Christmas crafts, enjoy a hot chocolate bar, and decorate your carts for a night-time decorated golf cart parade and wagon ride. Santa will be here handing out gifts (parent provided) on Saturday! Decorate your site for a chance to win a prize.

July 26 — 28

Wickedly Wizard (Summer Rate)

Ready for some wicked wizardly fun? Mix potions, make your own wand, play wizard games, take part in some mad science/stem challenges. Take part in a wizard costume contest and win prizes.

August Themed Weekends

August 2 — 4

Color Wars (Summer Rate)

It’s field day in a colorful way. The park will be sectioned off by color, and teams will compete in different mind and strength challenges. Decorate, dress and participate for your color/team. Plus a fun color walk around the park (fundraiser)

August 9 — 11

Pirates and Mermaids (Summer Rate)

Hawaiian luau beach party at thepool with a Pirates of the Caribbean twist! Best tan and outfit contest, ugliest Hawaiian shirt, pool games, pirate and mermaid makeovers, some hula dancing and a bonfire.

August 16 — 18

Birthday Bonanza (Summer Rate)

We’re throwing a Birthday Bash for Yogi Bear™, Boo Boo™, Cindy Bear™ and YOU! Make a card for the Bears, make birthday crafts, blow bubbles and have fun in a foam party! Outdoor movie on the big screen.

August 23 — 25

Jeep Jamboree (Summer Rate)

Pack your Jeep with your camping gear for our 3rd Annual Jeep Weekend! Show off your ride in our Jeep Only Car Show and Parade! Don’t have a Jeep> That’s okay! Come and camp and show your love by ducking your favorite jeep.

September Themed Weekends

August 30 — September 2

Labor Leisure (Summer Rate) (Holiday Rate)

Relax and enjoy a long weekend with friends and family, or take part in the jam-packed fun. Relays, trivia, barrel and wagon rides, bear visits and bonfires, and a Sunday night pool party under the lights!

September 6 — 8

Camp Carnival!

Help Cindy Bear™ throw a circus as thrilling as Yogi Bear™ and Boo Boo™! Campers make their own carnival games for other campers to play, plus we’ll provide some booths too. Enjoy a carnival made by campers for campers!

September 13 — 15

Magic Pumpkin Patch (Summer Rate)

We’ve moved things around a little, with a weekend of Halloween fun geared towards the little ones, but plenty of fun for the big kids (and adults) too! Plant a magic pumpkin seed, trick or treat throughout the campground, paint pumpkins, and participate in the holiday scares in a less scary way. Site decorating and night time wagon rides.

September 20 — 22

Frightful Nights (Fall Rate)

A weekend of spooks, scares and screams – geared more for the bigger kids and adults. Trick-or-Treat throughout the campground, pumpkin carving/decorating contest, costume parade, site decorating contest, night time wagon ride to haunted house, and zombie laser tag. It will be a ghoulish good time.

September 27 — 29

Fall Harvest Festival (Fall Rate)

Celebrating the harvest, with a friends-giving potluck dinner, fall relays, scarecrow building contest, wagon rides, apple bobbing, and an apple or pumpkin dessert or pie bakeoff (for prizes).

October Themed Weekends

October 4 — 6

Hometown Heroes (Fall Rate)

Honoring those that serve and our Hometown Heroes too. All hometown heroes and military will get one night of camping free (ID provided please), touch a truck, donuts with heroes, make a military card, thank a hometown hero activityThank you for your service!/strong>

We offer weekend activities from the time we open until we close for the season. Weekday activities begin June 24th and end August 23rd. Like us on Facebook, we post a detailed activity schedule weekly!

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All activities are subject to change without notice.

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