Some campgrounds are planning special Easter egg hunts for adults, while the Jellystone Park in Elmer, N.J. hopes to set a new world record with the largest Easter egg dying event in history
Who says Easter egg hunts are just for kids?
In addition to organizing traditional egg hunts for children, several Jellystone Park campgrounds across the country plan to celebrate Easter with special egg hunts for mom and dad. These include the Jellystone Parks in Austin, Minn. and Quarryville, Penn.
The Jellystone Park in North Hudson, N.Y. is taking the egg hunt concept a step further with its own special event for grownups— an “adult beverage hunt.”
Most Jellystone Park Easter themed events, however, are designed for the whole family and include egg coloring and decorating activities; bunny sack races; egg toss competitions; as well as hay rides and photo opportunities with the Easter Bunny. Several parks are also organizing multiple egg hunts, including evening flashlight Easter egg hunts.
The Jellystone Park in Elmer, N.J. is even planning to set a new world record for the largest egg dying event on Saturday, April 19.
“Camping is all about family and friends and making memories, and what better memory than to set a world record,” said Brian Newcomb, general manager of the Jellystone Park in Elmer. He said the park is coordinating the event under strict guidelines established by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Elmer park is also working with a local pilot, who will fly over the campground on April 19 and drop hundreds of plastic eggs over an open field. “Inside the eggs will be tickets for prizes,” Newcomb said.
While most Easter themed events at Jellystone Parks are scheduled for Easter weekend, several campgrounds are scheduling their Easter-themed events several weeks before and after April 20.
For example, the Jellystone Park in Waller, Texas is having Easter themed events on the weekend of April 5 – 6. Meanwhile, in the state of Wisconsin, Jellystone Parks in Caledonia and Fort Atkinson, are scheduling Easter themed events on the weekend of May 16 – 18 while the Jellystone Park in Sturgeon Bay is planning its Easter themed events the weekend of June 6 – 8.
Some Jellystone Parks are scheduling multiple days or multiple weekends of Easter themed events. These include the Jellystone Parks in Cherokee and Marion, N.C. and Luray, Va., which are scheduling Easter events from April 14 – 20, and the Jellystone Park in Cosby, Tenn., which has four Easter themed weekends planned for April.
Following is a list of several Jellystone Parks across the country that are planning Easter themed activities along with the dates of those activities:
Alabama
— Elberta, www.jellystoneALgulfcoast.com, April 18 -20
Delaware
— Lincoln, www.delawarejellystone.com, April 18 – 20
Georgia
— Bremen,
www.gajellystone.com, April 4 – 6, 11 – 13 and 18 – 20
Illinois
— Millbrook, www.jellystonechicago.com, April 18 – 20
Indiana
— Fremont, www.jellystonesbest.com, April 18 – 20
Kansas
— Lawrence, www.kansascityjellystone.com, April 18 – 19
Kentucky
— Cave City, www.jellystonemammothcave.com, April 18 – 20
Michigan
— Frankenmuth, www.frankenmuthjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
— South Haven, www.southhavenjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
Minnesota
— Austin, www.beavertrailsjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
Mississippi
— Pelahatchie, www.jellystonems.com, April 18 – 20
Missouri
— Eureka, www.eurekajellystone.com, April 18 – 20
New York
— North Hudson, www.adirondacksjellystone.com, May 2 – 4
North Carolina
— Cherokee, www.jellystonecherokee.com, April 14 – 20
— Marion, www.jellystonemarion.com, April 14 – 20
— Tabor City, www.taborcityjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
Pennsylvania
— Harrisville, www.pittsburghjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
— Mill Run, www.jellystonemillrun.com, April 18 – 20
—Quarryville, www.jellystonepa.com, April 18 – 20
South Carolina
— Swansea, www.columbiajellystone.com, April 18 – 20
Tennessee
— Cosby, www.greatsmokyjellystone.com, Each weekend in April
— Horn Lake MS (Memphis area), www.memphisjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
Texas
— Burleson, www.northtexasjellystone.com, April 17 – 19
— Canyon Lake, www.jellystonehillcountry.com, April 18 – 20
— Fredericksburg, www.twcjellystone.com, April 18 – 20
— Tyler, www.jellystoneatwhisperingpines.com, April 18 – 19
— Waller, www.lonestarcamping.com, April 5 – 6
Virginia
— Gloucester Point, www.jellystonegp.com, April 18 – 20
— Luray, www.campluray.com, April 14 – 20
— Natural Bridge, www.campnbr.com, April 18 – 20
Wisconsin
— Fort Atkinson, www.jellystonefort.com, May 16 – 18
— Sturgeon Bay, www.doorcountyjellystone.com, June 6 – 8
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