Visitor Services and Interpretation

• Flagstaff Area National Monuments (FLAG) is seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help with a variety of Visitor Services! Primary duties will include staffing a busy visitor center and providing outstanding information/orientation services. Secondary Duties may include collecting park fees, ringing up bookstore sales for FLAG's nonprofit partner Western National Parks (https://wnpa.org/) and roving park trails providing informal interpretation and a friendly park presence in any of the three Flagstaff monuments. Training is provided to set you up for success but experience in NPS fee collection procedures is preferred. Completion of a federal Tier 1 background check is required to collect parks fees.

Opportunity Duration and schedule:

• August '26 -March '27
• Full day 8:30am- 5:00pm (2 day a month minimum commitment for local volunteers)

Transportation: Volunteers may be able to drive a park car from either FLAG HQ (6400 N Hwy 89) or Sunset Crater Volcano visitor center to their work location.

Housing: Park housing may be available for volunteers who work 32 hours or more a week. RV sites are not available at this time.

Duty Site and Housing Location: Flagstaff, a city of about 75,000 residents and all services available. Sunset Crater Volcano is located about 10 miles north of Flagstaff, Walnut Canyon is 3 miles east of Flagstaff, and Wupatki is 30 miles north of Flagstaff.

Weather and Elevation: Sunset Carter Volcano and Walnut Canyon are at an elevation of about 7,000 ft and has weather similar to the city of Flagstaff. Wupatki is located at an elevation of about 5,000 ft and tends to be 10-15 degrees warmer than Flagstaff with less precipitation.

Connectivity: There is little to no cell phone coverage near the visitor centers and housing at Sunset Crater and Wupatki. Walnut Canyon does have moderate cell phone coverage. Plans are in place to install Star Link internet for all park housing at no cost to VIPs by summer 2026.