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Has anyone participated in the trade at a National Park? Where u trade a little Labor for your free rent at the park. If so do you know the details of how many hours a day that you work for your stay.
I would go work for free the National Parks are so Beautiful, but having back problems doesn’t permit me to work 8 hours a day or do allot much manual labor. I am sure there are others in the same situation?
ThanksIt varies from park to park and the particular job you end up doing. Some are hosts or reservation clerks, or gift shop workers. I get a weekly advisory from Workers On Wheels that lists job offers for a number of facilities. How much work required for a place is listed in the ads and the moderator Colleen Sykora has articles about what employers are looking for and also gives advice in articles on what is too much for am emplyer to expect for a hookup and site. I haven’t done it yet, but have been getting her newsletter for years. When I was in Colorado I just asked at the gift shop and they told me who to go see. Hope this isn’t too rambling.
FRW, don’t get discouraged about working at parks and it requiring too much manual labor. There are so many different set ups and they may only require 4 or 5 hours a couple times a week. Sometimes, it’s just checking folks in, picking up trash or walking the grounds. Remember aside from National Parks, there is also the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife and don’t forget about private parks, too. I suggest you search “work camping” online. There are so many sites that display available options.
Best of luck! 😀
I have worked as a volunteer at Yosemite National Park as a campground host in the Winter.
It was only a few hours a day checking people into the campgrounds, walking a bit through the campground, and occasionally dealing with bear problems. My wife and I currently and for the past nearly 20 years work for pay in Yosemite as well. Yosemite has many volunteers doing many things and provide many of them with a campsite and in my case provided propane and a full hook-up site. They have a department that deals with all the volunteer positions. That would be the case in most national parks I would imagine, and they would be the ones to talk with. Good Luck!
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