Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ at Barton Lake

This was my husbands, and my 2 small babies first camping trip. We chose Jellystone in Fremont Indiana because it was only an hour from our home and has so many fun family activities. We wanted to do something close by in case things went awry, I am Glad we did that. We got to the site and we had booked primitive camping. From the map online you could not tell it was directly next to an extremely busy highway. So instead of the sound of nature we heard blaring 16 wheelers for hours on end. Our campsite was not labeled with our site number so we had to guess what site we had booked. The camp sites were on a slight hill and my youngest isn’t even 2 and is accident prone. This was dangerous given the fact that the picnic table was sloped right by the fire ring for a dangerous combination. Our chairs were unsteady and sitting around the fire in general was dangerous. We couldn’t relax at all and had to continuously be cautious of my 1.5 year old falling into the fire! It is currently June and the temps are high which we expected but the heat combined with the highway traffic at night led to no sleep for our children or us. Not to mention at 10:30 construction vehicles pulled up right next to the campsite and began their work. By 11:15 we had had enough. We decided to go home. It was the worst 7 hour experience of our vacation history. We called the next day and relayed our experience to the registration cabin and paid to have a cabin. The point of this thread is, I personally Feel like I paid to be homeless next to a highway for the week. I am Angry, camping should not be next to a busy highway. The entrance needs to be relocated to where the primitive camping is and the camping needs to be in a more secluded area. People are paying for this experience and it was the most chaotic/ anxious trip I have ever been on. We have not experiencedthe fun activities yet because we have had such a horrible time at the actual campsite we drove home and are coming back the next day so we could actually get some sleep. When we paid for a cabin and relaid our experience the woman working registration did not even apologize for our bad experience. We were not met with any form of compassion or understanding for the chaos we paid for. If you are going to keep booking primitive camping next to a busy highway, inform your guests! Be aware of construction schedules! Know what is happening in your area for the sake of your guests and their quality experience! Do not let your park become a thing of the past because you are neglecting to remember our experiences keep us coming back!

Yogi Bear JellyStone Park at Barton Lake is located in Fremont, In and to me was noisy, crowded and stressful. That being said, my daughter and granddaughter absolutely loved it, so I sucked it up and "enjoyed" it. Ultimately though it was a lot of fun spending time with them at the park.

The staff was super friendly, helpful and seemed dedicated to visitors enjoying themselves. On our last day my camper tire was low and one of them stopped what she was doing, escorted me to the maintenance garage and found one of the maintenance guys who in turn drug out the air hose and gauge attachment, checked and filled both tires then asked if I needed help with anything else.

The actually campground was packed but very well maintained and clean. There are cabins, cottages and permanent campers as well as the daily spots. We were escorted to our site, offered help with set up and soon after a gentleman showed up checked and cleaned out our fire ring.

There were multiple showerhouses, playgrounds and swimming areas. Bouncy pillows, laundry rooms and a craft shed. We rented a two seater pedal "car" and later a rowboat. It was a fun filled visit and they are looking forward to going again next year .......yea.....lol