Jellystone Park™ Pittsfield

Campground in Pittsfield, IL • 90 RV Sites

Jellystone Park Pittsfield in Pittsfield, Illinois, provides a Yogi Bear-themed family resort camping experience on a private lake in Pike County's river country where the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers define the western Illinois landscape in one of the state's most distinctive recreational corridors. The park's comprehensive water and activity amenities—water park, jumping pillow, inflatable water toys, splash pad, lake boating and fishing, planned character activities, and paddle boarding—combine with the Yogi Bear theming that creates the structured children's entertainment environment families with young children seek in a campground that operates as a genuine resort destination in a quiet corner of western Illinois rarely visited by families from the Chicago metropolitan area's dominant tourism pull. The park's recreation infrastructure is resort-complete: a lake for fishing and boating, outdoor pool with water park, splash pad, jumping pillow, inflatable water toys, paddle boarding and kayaking, cabins, planned activities and Yogi Bear character interactions, hiking trails, volleyball, gaga ball, biking, a dog park, pavilion, playground, general store, firewood, laundry, showers, bathrooms, dump station, and Wi-Fi provide organized entertainment across all age groups from toddlers to grandparents. The lake's fishing for bass, bluegill, and catfish provides the unstructured recreation that adult guests and older children pursue independently while the younger children's activity programming runs through the character meet-and-greet and planned games schedule. Pittsfield is the Pike County seat in a region of western Illinois shaped by the agricultural productivity of the Illinois River floodplain and the Mississippi River's navigational and commercial history in the river trade that defined mid-nineteenth-century western Illinois commerce. The surrounding Pike County landscape's rolling upland farms, the river bottom timber tracts, and the waterfowl hunting reputation of the Illinois River corridor create an outdoor recreation character rooted in the hunting and fishing traditions of the Midwest's river culture rather than the national park infrastructure of more conventionally recognized recreation destinations. Hannibal, Missouri, approximately 25 miles west across the Mississippi River via the Mark Twain Bridge, is the birthplace of Samuel Clemens and the setting for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—a historic river town whose Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, the Becky Thatcher House, and the Cardiff Hill landscape preserve the physical settings that Twain translated into the most beloved American juvenile literature. The Mississippi River's riverside bluffs and the Mark Twain Cave provide the geographical context for Twain's fictional world that makes Hannibal one of the most authentically literary tourism destinations in American regional culture. Jellystone Park Pittsfield operates seasonally from spring through fall in Pike County's four-season continental climate, with the summer family vacation season from Memorial Day through Labor Day representing the peak Yogi Bear programming period when character activities, planned events, and the water park and jumping pillow reach full operational intensity for the family guests whose children's experience is the primary driver of campground choice. The mild spring and fall shoulder seasons serve the adult fishing guests whose lake access is more pleasant in the uncrowded periods between the summer family peak, and the western Illinois fall color through October provides the natural backdrop that turns the park's lake setting into its most scenically attractive seasonal condition.

Campground rules and policies

Registration and Arrival
Check-In Procedure
- Check-in for RV Sites: 2 pm
- Check-out for RV Sites: 12 pm
- Check-in for lodging units: 3 pm
- Check-out for lodging units: 11 am
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Visitors
- Visitors & guests must be registered at the office.
- All visitors must leave the campground by 11:00 PM.Consideration
- Please be considerate of others.
- Do not disturb their peace and quiet by 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 11:00 pm 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.
- Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ RV Resort at Pine Lakes 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.
- When booking your reservation, we will assign you a site based on the site type selected.
- If you want a specific site and it’s available, you can reserve it for a fee of $10.00.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 your own firewood into the campground.
- Firewood is available for purchase 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 morning before 10:00 am.
- Please tie trash securely and place curbside.
- Please do not put trash out the night before.
- Please don’t litter, and dispose of cigarette butts and pet fallout properly.Drugs
- The possession and use of any illegal drugs is strictly prohibited on Pine Lakes Property.Bikes, Mopeds, E-Bikes, Mini-Bikes, and Scooters
- Operators are encouraged to wear head protection at all times when riding through the park.
- All recreational vehicles must have proper lighting and must be safe to drive.
- ATVs and side-by sides are not permitted on property.Conduct
- Excessive noise, Foul Language, Loud or Obnoxious Behavior is not permitted at any time.
- Anyone creating a disturbance will be asked to leave the park without a refund.Beach / Pool
- Hours for swimming and boating are from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm.
- Please call the office for current water feature dates and times.Fishing
- No license is required.
- Catfish and Bass must be immediately released back into the lake.
- All other fish may be kept.
- Cast netting and the use of live minnows for bait is not permitted.Boats
- Private boats, including canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards are not allowed.
- At least one person, 16 years of age or older, must be on each boat and an adult must rent the boat for children.
- Each person must wear a Coast Guard-approved life vest at all times.
- No swimming or diving from boats.Pets
- Are welcome when quiet and on a leash.
- Please do not leave pets unattended.
- Pets are not permitted in any building, on the beach, on playgrounds, or in the lake.
- Pet owners are responsible for their pet’s fallout.
- Place in a plastic bag, tie and put in the trash.Golf Carts
- No private golf carts allowed.
- 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 7-1/2 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, or rental unit are not permitted.Weapons / Fireworks
- No fireworks, firearms, slingshots, BB Guns, and Bow and Arrows are not permitted to be used in the park.
- All other common-sense rules apply. Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ at Pine Lakes reserves 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.Remote Control Cars
- Are not permitted on the roads of the park.
100 Section
- Our 100 section is not guaranteed a fire ring or picnic table.Online Booking Fee
- If you booked online and need to cancel your reservation, your booking fee is not able to be refunded.