Winning Awards at Jellystone Park Annual Symposium

Somebody sound the victory horn (and maybe fire up the laser tag arena for a celebratory round) — Jellystone Park™ Pelahatchie just earned a Pinnacle Club Award at the 2025 Camp Jellystone Annual Symposium! 🎉🐻💚

This award isn’t just any award. It’s one of the highest honors a Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort can receive, celebrating parks across the U.S. and Canada that absolutely crush it in guest experience, recreation, operations, and overall campground excellence.

And this year?
Pelahatchie made the list.
Not by chance — but because this park shows up big for families in every single detail.

🏆 Pinnacle Club Award: What It Actually Means

To earn this recognition, a park must score 95%+ on its annual assessment—and that score doesn’t come easy.

It reflects:
✨ Sparkling-clean facilities
✨ Well-run recreation and activities
✨ Friendly, attentive guest service
✨ A park layout that’s beautiful, safe, and fun
✨ A consistent commitment to family-first experiences

It means Pelahatchie didn’t just pass…
Pelahatchie excelled.

💚 Why Pelahatchie Stands Out

Families don’t just visit this park — they fall in love with it. Every corner is built for laughs, memories, and those “BEST DAY EVER!” moments kids will bring up all year long.

And the amenities? They’re a big part of why Pelahatchie earned that 95%+ score:

💦 Water Attractions that WOW

  • Splashground with giant mushroom showers + massive dumping buckets

  • Swimming pool for endless cannonball contests

  • Lake activities including pedal boats, water trikes, canoes & kayaks

  • Sandy beach for castle building + toddler-approved digging

  • Catch-and-release fishing for quiet family bonding moments

🎯 Recreation That Keeps the Kids Busy (and Happy!)

  • Laser Tag battles (the kids will challenge you — good luck)

  • Mini golf for the whole family

  • Gaga ball + Human Foosball for high-energy fun

  • Jumping Pillow for soaring kid-level chaos

  • Basketball, tennis, tetherball, disc golf, horseshoes, cornhole

And of course… classic wagon rides with surprise appearances from Yogi Bear™, Boo Boo™, and Cindy Bear™.

🎨 Arts, Crafts & All Things Creative

  • Recreation Center with ceramics, tie-dye, painting, and daily crafts

  • Gem mining with treasures your kids will guard like dragons

Every activity, every attraction, every detail contributed to Pelahatchie’s place in the Pinnacle Club — because excellence isn’t one thing here…

It’s everything.

🌞 Where the Award Meets the Experience

Jellystone Park™ Pelahatchie isn’t just a park that won something.
It’s a park where families feel the difference.

Where mornings start with wagon rides, afternoons are spent splashing, paddling, bouncing, or crafting, and evenings end with tired, happy kids around a campfire — the kind of days that remind parents why family vacations matter.

That’s what the Pinnacle Club Award celebrates:
A campground that consistently delivers magic — all day, all season.

Whether you’re staying in a cozy cabin, pulling in with your RV, or claiming a campsite, you’ll see exactly why Pelahatchie earned one of the highest honors in the Jellystone Park™ system.

And we can’t wait for you to experience it.