Volunteer
Job Description
ADDRESS: 10 Organ Pipe Drive Ajo, Arizona, 85321
DATES: 12/2/2024 – 4/5/2025
DEPT: National Park Service
JOB DESCRIPTION:
General Park Info
Joining our team at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument you will experience the remarkable and unique landscape that is the Sonoran Desert. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument is an international Biosphere Reserve and as such is a strikingly beautiful landscape with abundant opportunities for quiet, solitude and outdoor recreation; 95% of the park is designated wilderness. The Sonoran Desert is a wet desert, with rainy seasons in the winter and summer, an incomparable place in terms of biological and ecological diversity. Visitors come from all over the world to marvel at the rugged beauty of the borderlands here in Arizona. The borderlands have a rich cultural tradition blending Mexican, Tohono O’odham and American art, cuisine, language, and culture.
The park shares an international border with Mexico; cross-border immigration and smuggling do occur here. Customs and Border Patrol is a constant presence in the park and park staff are diligent about safety and resource protection.
Campground Operations
Twin Peaks Campground is located approximately 2 miles from the Kris Eggle Visitor Center. The campground is on a 100% reservation only system through recreation.gov. Visitors can reserve sites same day up to 6 months in advance. There are 34 tent sites and 174 sites for recreational vehicles (RVs). A few sites can accommodate RV’s up to 45’ in length. There are also 5 group campsites located a short distance away from the main campground.
Campground host sites in the Twin Peaks Campground have electrical, sewer, and water hook ups.
Housing Type: RV Pads
Housing Description: The park does not have lodging available other than the volunteer RV sites. Volunteers will provide their own RV. The park provides a level concrete pad for RV with full hookups in a small separate campground for VIPs only. All RV campsites come with an RV pedestal with plugs for 20, 30, and 50 amp service. In the VIP campground includes a building with shared laundry facilities, refrigerators, freezers, a shower, toilet, outdoor grills and socializing space. Please note 30 hours a week is required for all volunteers housed in the monument.