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Job Description
FROM: https://www.volunteer.gov/s/volunteer-opportunity/a09SJ00000Kfnu5
ADDRESS: 22223 Highway 13 Glidden, Wisconsin, 54527
DATES: 5/1/2026 – 9/30/2026
DEPT: Forest Service
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Great Divide Ranger District of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest is looking for a motivated volunteer to serve as a campground host at Namekagon Campground. The campground is located in northwest Wisconsin, near the towns of Grand View, Cable, and Clam Lake.
Namekagon Campground is a family-friendly campground that runs alongside its namesake lake at the headwaters of the Namekagon River. It is surrounded by a hardwood and hemlock forest. Recycling and trash dumpsters are provided. There is a day-use area with a picnic shelter, several picnic tables with pedestal grills, a basketball hoop, a sandy swimming beach, a boat landing, and a fishing pier. Potable water is available from an electric well. Vault toilets are provided throughout campground and day-use area.
Namekagon Campground is an ideal location for a base camp with its close proximity to a number of hiking and biking trails. Famous for its great fishing, this 3,227-acre lake offers excellent fishing for musky, pike, walleye, bass, and other fish varieties. It is the perfect spot to kayak, canoe, jet ski, swim or take a boat ride to one of the many restaurants along the shoreline. Wildlife watching opportunities are abundant as elk, eagles, loons and other wildlife are often spotted in the area.
The Namekagon Trail is located just across the road from the campground entrance. This one-mile trail loop is great for beginner hikers.
The campground features a picnic shelter available for larger gatherings and a boat ramp. There is a $5 recreation use fee for the boat landing. This does not apply to registered campers.
The campground is located near the Rock Lake National Recreation Trail, CAMBA Mountain Bike Trails, North Country National Scenic Trail and Porcupine Lake Wilderness Area.
There are 34 campsites available at Namekagon Campground. Sites can be used for tents and RV camping. Sites 12-34 have electric hookups. All campsites provide hardened parking area, picnic table, and fire ring.
The Host site is perched on the crest of a hill with beautiful views of Namekagon Lake. The Host site offers electric and sewage hook up as well as a picnic table and fire ring. Fresh drinking water is located approximately 50 yards away at an electric well.
Fuel, fishing supplies, firewood, ice, and restaurants are within 10 miles of the campground, in the town of Grand View. Otherwise the same amenities can be found in Cable and Clam Lake, both 15 miles from the campground.
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