Volunteer
Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09t000000C9W77AAF/2021-stony-fork-campground
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ADDRESS: Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
109 Krenning Road
Wytheville,, Virginia 24382
DEPT: Forest Service
DATES: 8/1/2021 – 11/30/2021
DESCRIPTION:
Stony Fork Campground is a perfect choice for a volunteer who wants a beautiful mountain setting while also enjoying the convenience of cell phone coverage and a full service town nearby. Stony Fork is a very popular campground that is only 4 miles from Interstate 77 and adjacent to a paved state road. Located at the base of Big Walker Mountain and adjacent to a scenic byway, this 51 site campground offers peaceful setting for those looking to relax and/or looking for outdoor adventure. See the campground at www.recreation.gov for photos and maps.
Stony Fork has drinking water, 4 bathhouses with flush toilets and hot showers, and a rental cabin. The 2 campground host sites offer water/30 AMP electric/sewer hookup. Both host sites will accommodate a large class A motorhome. Hosts are provided with a landline phone and a fax machine for communication and receiving reservation updates. Satellite TV is available if you have your own service. Internet is not available in the campground without a Wi Fi card for your computer. There are free wireless services in many businesses in the nearby town of Wytheville (12 miles). Laundry facilities are also available in the rental cabin when it is not occupied by visitors.
ATTRACTIONS: Stony Fork is located in a natural forest setting at the foot of Big Walker Mountain and adjacent to the Big Walker Scenic Byway. The East Fork of Stony Fork Creek winds through the campground and provides water play and trout fishing. A one-mile nature trail will take campers through stands of pine and hardwoods, while the campground loop road itself is popular with walkers. For the more experienced hiker, Seven Sisters Trail leads from the campground to the top of Little Walker Mountain and back to the Scenic Byway.
CLIMATE and VEGETATION: This campground is located at an elevation of approximately 2,400 feet. Summer days are warm with average temperatures in the upper 70’s to low 90’s, and evenings cool down into the 50’s or 60’s.
CAMPGROUND HOST DUTIES
- Contact campers to:
- Provide information and answer questions.
- Familiarize yourself with the campers, walk the campground, and be visible
- Know the rules and regulations and be prepared to convey them to campers
- Do not collect any money for camping fees. However, be familiar with the different fees/discounts, how the self-service pay station works, and the reservation system.
- Perform cleaning of the restrooms/bathhouses on a daily basis to include. There are four bathhouses at Stony Fork. Usually the Host at the gate is responsible for bathhouses 1 and 4. The Host in the back of the campground is responsible for bathhouses 2 and 3. During busy weekends, the restrooms may need a full service twice a day.
- Sweep and mop the floor
- Clean, disinfect, and deodorize sinks, toilets, and showers
- Restock the toilet paper,
- Empty trash cans,
- Sweet the entrance area including any cobwebs on the exterior and interior.
- Prepare campsites for the next visitors to include:
- Pick up trash
- Wipe off the picnic table,
- Pull nails from trees around the site,
- Shovel ash from the fire rings as needed,
- Rake or blow leaves, pine needles, and limbs off the designated site area.
- Inform the recreation manager of any major maintenance needs or safety problems as soon as possible.
- Close and “dummy lock” the gate at 10 pm each evening. Open the gate by 7 am each morning.
- Check the envelope supply and restock if needed.
- There may be other jobs to do around he areas such as light weed eating, painting and pruning limbs. These jobs will be coordinated with the recreation manager as needed.
- Hosts are also responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the Stony Fork rental cabin. It is a small one bedroom cabin within the campground. Renters are asked to clean the cabin when they check out and usually they do a good job. Hosts need to go thoroughly inspect the cabin between renters, note any maintenance needs, and perform any cleaning tasks that the renters missed. Disinfecting the bathroom and cleaning out the dryer lint trap should always be done.
- Several sites in Stony Fork can be reserved from the National Recreation Reservation Service. One host must manage the reserve sites by receiving the daily faxes and posting the sites as they are reserved. All hosts need to be aware of the reservation system in order to answer visitor questions.