Jellystone Park™ Lake Monroe

Campground in Bloomington, IN • 103 RV Sites

Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Lake Monroe in Bloomington, Indiana, is a full-amenity family campground franchise destination in Monroe County — a resort property offering two swimming pools, a splashground with water slides, a jumping pillow, pedal carts, and the complete family entertainment programming of the Jellystone Park brand in the southern Indiana university and lake recreation corridor where Lake Monroe, Indiana University's Big Ten campus, and Brown County State Park's covered bridge and autumn color give the Bloomington area the most diverse family recreation landscape in central Indiana. Monroe County's Bloomington position on State Road 46 gives the campground the specific dual-market access of the IU parent visit and family leisure camping market and the Lake Monroe boating and fishing market that the largest lake entirely within Indiana sustains. Two swimming pools, a splashground, a jumping pillow, pedal carts, and the Jellystone Park's character-based family entertainment programming give the Lake Monroe property the comprehensive on-site resort experience that the Yogi Bear franchise's national reputation for family camping entertainment specifically delivers — the water recreation and the activity programming give the property the self-contained resort character that families with young children specifically value for the on-site entertainment quality independent of the external day-trip itinerary that the Monroe County location makes available. Pets are welcome. Lake Monroe, four miles east of Bloomington on State Road 446, is Indiana's largest lake — a 10,750-acre Army Corps of Engineers reservoir on Salt Creek whose 150 miles of shoreline, the Paynetown State Recreation Area's swim beach and boat ramp, and the Fairfax State Recreation Area's bass, crappie, and walleye fishing give Monroe County the most comprehensively developed freshwater recreation resource in the southern Indiana state park system. The lake's multiple public access points and the Hardin Ridge Recreation Area's camping on the lake's eastern shore give the Lake Monroe reservoir the full-perimeter access that the Army Corps of Engineers' public recreation mandate specifically provides. Brown County State Park, 20 miles east of Bloomington on State Road 46 in Brown County, is Indiana's largest state park — a 16,000-acre park in the Hoosier Hills' most rugged ridge and hollow terrain that sustains the October fall foliage spectacle that has made the Brown County area Indiana's most visited fall color destination since the Nashville, Indiana, art colony's 1910s discovery of the autumn-red and orange-gold sugar maple forest. The park's 20 miles of equestrian trail, the mountain bike trail system, and the Abe Martin Lodge's full-service mountain resort character give Brown County State Park the four-season recreation programming that extends the visitor season from the spring wildflower bloom through the December holiday season. Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Lake Monroe serves guests through Indiana's camping season from April through October, with the summer pool and water recreation season from late June through August sustaining the primary family camping demand and the October Brown County fall foliage season drawing the leaf-peeping visitor market that fills the Monroe-Brown County corridor on the peak fall color weekends from mid-October through early November. Indiana University's home football games at Memorial Stadium from September through November and the Jacobs School of Music's concert programming give the Bloomington campground its cultural event calendar access from the Big Ten university campus. Reserve sites well ahead for IU home football weekends and the peak October fall foliage weekends.

Campground rules and policies

Check-in and Check-out Procedure
- Check-in: 3:00 pm.
- Check-out: 11:00 am.
- If you arrive early/ late, you agree to pay the proper fees.
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Reservation Policy
- Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ RV Resort Lake Monroe requires a two-night minimum reservation, three-night minimum reservation for camping or lodging on holidays and special event weekends.
- All reservations require a 50% deposit at time of booking with the remaining balance due 30 days prior to arrival which we will take automatically with the credit card on file.
- Special or promotional offers are only valid on non-holiday or special event weekends and cannot be combined with any other offers.
- Requested sites will be site locked.Lodging
- There are no linens provided in the lodging so please be sure to bring them.Consideration
- Please be considerate of others.
- Do not disturb their peace and quiet walking through their site or playing loud music.
- Do not destroy view with clotheslines hanging from trees, utility poles, from campers or vehicles.
- Bug zappers are prohibited.Quiet Hours
- 11:00pm — 8:00am.
- Music must be turned off by 11:00pm each night.
- Children must be on their site at dusk unless accompanied by an adult.Registration
- Everyone in the park must be registered at the office and each vehicle must have a car pass.
- Sharing of the gate code is strictly prohibited.Parking
- Only one vehicle is permitted to be parked at your site.
- Second vehicles must be kept in the overflow parking area.Rugs
- Rugs are not permitted to be placed on the grass.
- Doormats limited in size to 3′ x 5′.Trees
- Do not tie pets, clotheslines, chains or other items to the trees.
- Cutting and/or dragging any branches or limbs from trees in the park or from the woods is strictly prohibited.Firewood
- You may not bring out of state firewood into the campground.
- Firewood is available for purchase at the Ranger Station and can be delivered to your site.
- Please do not move fire rings or burn trash.Trash
- Trash will be picked up from your site each day.
- Please tie trash securely and place curbside.
- Please do not leave trash out overnight.
- Please do not litter and dispose of cigarette butts and pet fallout properly.Drugs
- The possession and use of any drugs, including but not limited to marijuana, is strictly prohibited on Lake Monroe private property.
- The definition of private property shall include all common areas of the park, i.e., walking trails, pavilions, wagon rides, restrooms, open areas, beach and lake, etc.
- This also includes rental items such as boats, paddleboards, and golf carts.Bikes
- No bicycle riding after dark.
- Helmets are encouraged to be worn. Mopeds, Mini-bikes, Scooters and ATVs are not permitted.Excessive Noise, Foul Language, Loud or Obnoxious Behavior
- Not permitted at any time.
- Anyone creating a disturbance will be asked to leave the park without a refund.Beach / Pool
- Splash Ground and Pool areas are posted at each location and on our daily activity log.
- Warning, no life guard on duty at the swimming pool, swimming beach, or any other water related activity and participating and swimming is at your own risk.
- Anyone age 16 and under must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times at the pool area.
- Anyone age 14 and under must be accompanied and supervised by an adult at all times at the Splash Ground area.
- Please obey beach and Splash Ground as posted.Pets
- Are welcome when quiet and on a leash.
- Please do not leave pets unattended.
- Pets are not permitted in any building, on the Splash Ground, playgrounds, or in pool.
- Pet owners are responsible for their pet’s fallout.
- Place in a plastic bag, tie and put in the trash.Golf Carts
- You may bring your own golf cart in but we must have proof of insurance and drivers licenses on file.
- Lake Monroe carts can be rented at the Ranger Station.
- All drivers must have a valid driver’s license and be at least 18 years of age.
- Carts must drive only on roads and marked trails, and not exceed the posted park speed of 5 mph.
- For safety, carts do not hold more than 5 passengers.
- Alcoholic beverages are not to be consumed or held by the driver of the golf cart.Clotheslines
- Clotheslines are not permitted to be hung anywhere on your campsite or rental unit.Tents
- Extra tents on an RV, tent site, are permitted as long as they fit within the site.
- Please call office for specifics.
- Max of 8 people per site.Weapons / Fireworks
- No firearms, fireworks, slingshots, bb guns, bow and arrows, etc are to be discharged in the park.Remote Control Cars
- Are not permitted on the roads of the park.Online Booking Fee
- If you booked online and need to cancel your reservation, your booking fee is not able to be refunded.Liability
- All other common sense rules apply.
- Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Lake Monroe reserve the right to interpret or change all rules.
- Campers who are uncooperative or violate park rules will be asked to leave with no refund.
- The park assumes no responsibility for accidents, injuries or loss from any cause.
- Entrance into the campground property constitutes permission for the management of Yogi Bears™ Jellystone Park™ Lake Monroe to photograph any visitor while on the premises and to use any resulting pictures for any lawful purpose without any compensation to the visitor.
- The guest assumes all risks and danger incidental to the activity of camping in a rustic outdoors environment, including specifically ( but not exclusively) the danger of being injured by insects or other animals, of being injured while participating in recreational activities such as hiking, swimming, use of Splash Ground, and jumping pillow at Jellystone Park Lake Monroe, or of being injured as a result of inclement weather conditions or of acts of mother nature, or COVID-19 related illness and agrees that the said camping resort and its owners, agents, and employees are not liable for injuries or property damage or loss resulting for such causes.