Visitor Center Visitor Services - Thursday Shift

Join the Volunteers in Parks (VIP) team at Catoctin Mountain Park as a member of our Interpretation and Education Division! We are currently searching for energetic VIPs to assist with operations at the park visitor center through visitor orientation, interpretation, and interaction. 

Location:

Catoctin Mountain Park, established in 1936, is located along the eastern portion of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Thurmont, Maryland. The 5,890.36-acre mixed hardwood forest includes abundant wildlife, freshwater streams, and interesting geologic formations. The purpose of Catoctin Mountain Park is to provide meaningful recreational opportunities while protecting and interpreting the park’s natural, historical, and cultural resources in the regenerative spirit of 1930s New Deal conservation programs. This National Park’s diverse cultural resources provide several vignettes of our nation's history in one small location. Native Americans quarried rhyolite for the production of lithic tools. Evidence of the charcoal and iron industry are still visible today, along with smaller industries including farms, sawmills, and prohibition alcohol distillation. Historic structures, products of the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps, along with the site of our nation's first Job Corps Center, are tangible reminders of the capability of vigorous youth programs to strengthen the nation's economic and social fabric. 

Uniforms:

We provide Volunteers with shirts, hat, jacket, and name tag. We recommend that you bring brown or khaki pants and sturdy hiking shoes or boots.

Duties:

Assist Park Rangers with park and facility orientation, interpretation, and visitor services at Catoctin Mountain Park's Visitor Center. Volunteer will do so from 1:00pm-4:30pm on Thursdays.

Additional Information:

Additional information on Catoctin Mountain Park: https://www.nps.gov/cato/index.htm