Camp Helen State Park: Movies & S'mores Series

The Friends of Camp Helen State Park & Camp Helen park staff, invite the whole family to the annual Movies & S'mores series, for an evening filled with movies, food and fun. Held at the parks Recreation Hall, this event is FREE and open to the public. Seating will be provided.  

Starting at 5PM, Camp Helen will feature a different food truck each week. The programs begin at 6:30PM with an interpretive table of activities, a merchandise table, prepackaged smores around the bonfire and a souvenir cup. Movies begin at sunset.

2021 Movies
June 10 | Pricess in the Frog
June 24 | Moana
July 8 | The Lion King (2019)
July 22 | Onward - with a special treasure hunt/guided tour throughout the park.

This is a free event. Donations are accepted and will go directly to the Friends of Camp Helen State Park to be used to benefit the parks resource management, projects & interpretative programs. 

Camp Helen State Park is bordered on three sides by the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Powell, one of the largest coastal dune lakes in Florida. Coastal dune lakes are extremely rare worldwide; in the United States they occur only along the Gulf Coast. Prehistoric middens and mounds indicate that humans lived in the area more than 4,000 years ago. From 1945 until 1987, Camp Helen was a company resort for employees of an Alabama textile mill and some of the buildings are now being restored. Natural areas range from coastal dunes and salt marshes along the Gulf to freshwater wetlands and sand pine scrub along the lake. Activities include swimming, beachcombing, nature study, hiking, and both freshwater and saltwater fishing. 

Camp Helen State Park is located at 23937 Panama City Beach Parkway, just west of the Phillips Inlet Bridge on the Bay County and Walton County line. 

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