Campground Host

General Duties

The campground host supports the campground operation and provides a valuable point of contact for visitors in the campground.  Often times there will only be one Ranger on duty.  You will be contacted by radio if you are needed while you are out in the campground.  We ask that your radio is turned on when you are in the campground.  It is important that the campground host be knowledgeable about the park including but not limited to: the visitor center, trails, evening programs, and guided hikes etc.  Do not collect money.  Send the visitor to the fee station/Iron ranger. While on duty and in uniform, you are an official representative of the National Park Service.  It is very important that you speak and act courteously and professionally.  Do not put yourself in a situation that is beyond the scope of your duties as a campground host.  Remember that your job is enlightenment, not enforcement.

Daily Routine in the Campground

Morning Rove (8:00ish)

Walk through the entire campground.

a.            Be on the lookout for occupied sites that do not have current fee stubs posted.  Late arrivals may or may not have taken care of their fees.  Do not wake visitors up.  Leave a pink slip on the post (not on their vehicle).

b.            When the visitor has a current fee stub, and they are due out the next day, please mark on the stub (with black marker in large print) the date they are leaving.  

c.       Do not collect money.  Send them to the fee station.

d.            Call in the number of campground site vacancies to the Visitor Center.

e.        Record number of RV’s, and Tents on the count form.

Afternoon Rove (2:00ish)

                Walk through the entire campground.

a.            Be available to answer questions, give directions, assist campers, and pick-up unsightly trash.

b.            Call in the number of campground site vacancies to the visitor center by 3:00pm.  

c.      Make sure that the fee station is re-stocked with fee envelopes, pencils, park brochures, park newspapers etc. and that the fee station looks clean and orderly.

d.            Do not collect money.  Send them to the fee station.

e.        Check the bathrooms on occasion just to make sure they are clean and have toilet paper.  

Evening Time (After Dark)

When you are notified of an issue in the campground after dark, and it needs to be handled before morning, contact someone from the appropriate division on your call list.