Four Points RV Resorts, LLC recently acquired two Jellystone Park locations and converted a third campground into the Yogi Bear-themed franchise network.
“We have been very busy. We could not be more excited, and we are just getting started,” said Matt Van Der Molen, a Four Points partner.
The company acquired Jellystone Park locations in Pittsfield, Illinois, in October 2020 and Monticello, Iowa, in May 2021. In addition, Four Points acquired the former Bucktail Camping Resort in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, in May 2021 and converted it into a Jellystone Park location.
Four Points said it is seeing dramatic increases in business at all three of its Jellystone Park locations after making significant improvements in park attractions and accommodations.
“Business this year has been fantastic,” Van Der Molen said, noting the company’s locations’ year-over-year business increased by 30% or more.
Four Points upgraded the 150-site Pittsfield location by adding a new retail store, doubling the size of the park’s floating obstacle course and adding furnished glamping tents.
Improvements at the 333 site-Monticello location included a new swimming pond, expanded foodservice offerings and an expanded product line at the park store. Four Points doubled the size of the park’s floating obstacle course.
Improvements at the new Jellystone Park location in Mansfield already include a new retail store and enhanced Internet service with a new fiber optic line installed this summer.
Van Der Molen said Four Points is eager to acquire other family-focused campgrounds.
“We are looking for parks that we can transform,” he said. “We want to be able to transform it, physically and economically, and take it to the next level.”
