Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort: Larkspur

This was the first time we stayed at a Jellystone Park and we thought it was totally worth it. They can be a bit pricier but if you watch their site they often have specials and this park is also a Passport America park now so definitely find a way not to pay full price! Being so close to the Denver area makes for lots of things to see and do in this area as well, or just a bit south in Colorado Springs.

We stayed in site 344 with my dad next to us in 345 and we loved being right across from the Clubhouse and just up from the Rec Center. It was a great location for taking advantage of a lot of the amenities and events. There was live music on the weekends and we could even enjoy it from our site. That being said, if you want it to be quieter on the weekends, you may want a spot elsewhere, but being further up the hill we weren't bothered by interstate or train noise. You can pay a fee to pick and reserve a specific spot if you want to try to avoid either of those kinds of noises.

The amenities and activity schedules here are unreal. There was something to do practically all the time. We enjoyed the 2 pools, the waterpark (water is cold though!), hot tub, poolside restaurant, arcade, mini-golf (the best we've seen at any campground), the bounce pillow, gem mining, tower & caboose, & more. Make sure to grab the weekly schedule and see what's going on, like kids crafts, activities, movies, coloring, ice cream social, and other events with the bears. Our kids were over the moon any time they saw Yogi Bear or any of his pals, and the bear theme of the park is really lots of fun! The employees that facilitate the kids activities are especially kind and sweet with the kids.

We have a video review of the park as well here: https://youtu.be/AMjxHeEvY3k

The campsite is definitely a kid paradise. I appreciated that everything worked at the site, laundry and facilities were close by, and the staff really seemed to enjoy kids. There seemed to always be something for them to do.
The cell coverage was super poor and the train noise was something else. They run trains at night and they’re louder than I realized. They seem to have some staffing issues, and the laundry/shared showers weren’t the cleanest. The campsite appeared to be pretty clean though! Beyond that I would defiantly stay here again. The kids are still talking about it!

After driving through snow and ice, we needed to pull over and saw this huge RV park. We pulled in and you have to go through a secured gate and check in, the price was high but we needed to pull over and tired. We got our site and drove around a couple of times trying to find it, the site was all mud, the cement pad was dirty from previous camper and it felt like it was going to fall in a collapse after all the rain and snow. We didn't get any code to laundry or WiFi, drove up to office and there was about 5 employees talking and joking. I stood there and nobody asked if I needed anything so I asked and it felt like I interrupted a conversation. I went back and, we'll never come back here again. So disappointed.

I paid $113/night for a pull through during the week and $201 for Sat night.

The train and highway noise is pretty bad. Ear plugs at night recommended. But who cares, you can deal with the noise for the great water park and activities for kids. Water park with a wading pool for really little ones, several water slides, another pool, mini golf, mini bowling, arcade, kids activities, playground. The sites are wide and not on top of each other but since everything is new there are no trees and no privacy between sites. We were able to get 3 cars parked next to our trailer, 2 trucks in front and a car behind when we had family visiting. Everything was really clean. They were picking up trash but not on any sort of schedule and I didn't want our bags sitting there all day so we just brought them to the dumpster on site. It's easy to get around and not too large that you can't walk to everything, but they do rent golf carts. Also, since it is new all the hookups are new too and work great. No rusty old fresh water faucets with no pressure. Layout is done well and the pull throughs are angled and super easy to pull into. Our site was pretty level, didn't take much to get it level side to side or front to back. I managed to get a couple Mbs off Verizon which I relied on because the wifi here is horrible. Weak signal along with typical congestion at night. I even "upgraded" for $15/week of 10/2Mbs and never got it. We'd stay here again for sure despite the noise.

Closer to an access point I got 22Mbs from their wifi.

We stayed her for 3 weeks starting May 6 2021 while getting medical and other things done in the south Denver metro region. The last time we stayed in the Denver area we stayed in Golden, and this park is much more convenient for us. We’d stay here again only for that convenience. We had to move sites as we could only stay 2 weeks max per site. The second back in site we had completely flooded right at our door when a big rain storm came in. They had 1 set of washers and dryers so we used a laundromat in Castle Rock. The brochure we got at check in said to leave trash out at the site, and when we did, it was not picked up. I asked the office and was told they weren’t picking up trash due to lack of staff. If they had told us that at check in, it would have been better. Since they didn’t tell anyone how to deal with trash, there were bags out at sites for days, which blew around in the wind and blew trash around the grounds. AT&T and Verizon cell service was horrible at the entire park. WiFi not secure so worthless to us. Checking in at the kiosks was ok for us as they were open, but many times they were not and no sign told arrivals where to go, so they backed up at the gates.

This park wants to be a premium park but it’s still under construction and they need to up communication to make it easy for customers.

Only reason for not 5 stars is due to visiting off season and not being able to utilize all the amenities. Super easy access from highway, however, be careful of construction on highway and in park. Pads were gravel but were level, easy maneuverability in and out of sites (37’ travel trailer). WiFi and cell signal were atrocious, but if visiting during season when all amenities are open, I’d imagine you’d hardly be on the web. Train runs pretty frequently right next to the park, but our family of 5 were able to sleep through.

This campground is very big all spots are very wide they have pull through and back in spots they are gravel and level with 50 and 30 amp with full hook ups while we were there it snowed every day they were very vigilant about plowing through the night to keep up with it ATT has 5G with speeds around 90 up 40 down there is some road noise depending on what site you have because the campground is located right along I25

Do not winter camp here. Park was just updated (and still under construction) and opened Jan 8, 2021 for “winter Rv campers”. Yeah no they weren’t ready. We arrived at 4:30 pm and all of the spigots were already frozen. We are accustomed to this so we knew what to do. Wrapped it with heat cord and insulated it with some extra black foam we had, then waited an hour or two. The water never unfroze. The weather was only in the 20’s at night... that’s not that cold for winter. We also have a heated hose. Woke up this morning almost out of water to flush the toilet with so went to the bathrooms to try and use theirs and see if they have a shower. ALL of their bathrooms open overnight are “CLOSED”. There’s like 6 stalls right next to our site and we can’t use them. So they don’t offer 24 access to bathrooms and their water doesnt work at our site...tell me how this is a winter ready camp?!

Pros: wide drives to pull in. Propane fireplaces at each spot. Gravel so not too dusty. HUGE dog park. Lots of amenities.

Cons: read above and no amenities are open. Basically dry camping with electricity. Wahoo. Also....right next to interstate and TRAIN.