Campground hosts needed for Iowa’s upcoming recreation season

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking people who enjoy the outdoors, camping and meeting new people, to consider becoming volunteer campground hosts for the upcoming recreation season.

Volunteer campground hosts live in state parks from one to five months assisting DNR staff with light maintenance duties, checking in campers, and being a resource for visitors enjoying state parks and forests.

Campground hosts are provided a free campsite while they are actively hosting during the camping season. Hosts volunteer 20 – 40 hours per week, including weekends and holidays, while living on site in their own camper. 

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Campground hosts general duties include greeting visitors, assisting campers checking in and with reservations, cleaning bathrooms, light maintenance and administrative duties, acting as a liaison between campers and DNR staff and answering questions and disseminating information to campers.

Host positions are available at: 

• Backbone
• Brushy Creek
• Clear Lake
• George Wyth
• Lake Anita (Labor Day Weekend)
• Lake Wapello (Part time)
• Maquoketa Caves
• McIntosh Woods
• Nine Eagles
• Pikes Peak
• Pine Lake
• Springbrook
• Yellow River

Volunteer information is available at www.iowadnr.gov/volunteer. Information about campgrounds and state parks is available at www.iowadnr.gov/stateparks. To discuss the host position, contact the state park directly, or call 515-443-2533.