Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort: Cherokee

We have been staying at Yogi in the Smokies for 10+ years with our family. It is by far my kids favorite campground around this area. They have planned kids activities from 10am- 6pm with crafts, wagon rides, gem mining, movies, heated pool, playground, game room, etc. The river runs through the campground so you can fish, swim, tube right from your campsite. It is shaded- lots of trees in the campground. Bathrooms kept fairly clean. You will see tribal members walking though the campground. There is a hiking/biking trail to Mingo Falls from the campground. They do a super fun Halloween theme the entire month of October.

A few years ago they added internet connection. In the past there has been absolutely no cell service or internet but that has changed. We got good internet signal and cell service this year.

We have seen quite a turnover of staff and management during this time. Only one year did we find the staff to be less than pleasant but this year they were very kind and accommodating. The neighborhood around the campground is very run down but inside Yogi is fine.

Really nice place the staff was very friendly. The pool says it’s heated but at the time of this review it was not (no big deal). There are allot of activities for kids, we mostly spent our time fishing and tubing (tubing is fun but there are a few dangers in the water). Cell service is terrible so bring a signal booster. Att has no service here, WiFi worked great.