Visitor Center Tour Guide

We are looking for volunteers to help run the Visitor Center at Dworshak Dam and Reservoir in Idaho!  If you like people, enjoy learning and sharing historical information and are a positive, outgoing person, this may be a great opportunity for you.  We are looking for one or two couples from mid May to just after Labor Day (date is negotiable).   In order to give the public the opportunity to visit and learn about the dam, we are looking for volunteers able to commit to a 7 ½ hour shift from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, three days on then three days off.  We need couples in order to properly staff the visitor center and give tours.

Dworshak Dam is 717 feet tall and is the highest straight axis concrete gravity dam in the United States, and the largest dam ever to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers.  Our reservoir is 54 miles and the dam holds back about 3.5 million acre feet of water.  We have a visitor center, over 20 miles of hiking trails, one full-service campground, a marina, three primitive campgrounds, four-day use areas, seven boat ramps, and over a hundred mini-camps which are accessible by boat.

Your main job duties as a Visitor Center host are to greet visitors, give tours, and to assist in the daily operations of the visitor center which includes, but is not limited to: answering visitor questions, operating the telephone system and two way radios, turning on lights, operating audio-visual equipment, unlocking, and locking doors.  During the tour season, we give 2 tours daily of the dam, the dam is ¾ of a mile long, so you will need to be prepared to walk at least a few miles each day.  You may also be asked to assist staff in interpretative programs and special events.

Volunteer Village is where you will make your home and is less than a 1/4 mile from the Visitor Center.    The Volunteer Village is shared with three other couples and is situated behind a gate which is locked at 4:30.   The Visitor Center is located outside Ahsahka, ID which is about 7 miles from the town of Orofino.  We provide you with a full-service campsite which has full hookups, propane, and 50-amp electricity.  We also provided free laundry facilities (down the road), a freezer, and fridge  that will be shared with the other volunteer couples.  Pets are always welcome!  We have WIFI at the Visitor Center and in Volunteer Village.

The town of Orofino is seven miles away and has your basic needs covered (hospital, library, movie theater, grocery stores).  We are located in a mountain valley; we have amazing scenery, and lots of animals.  We are four hours from Missoula, Montana and an hour to the Washington border (Clarkson).  The nearest airport and large stores are in Lewiston, Idaho about 45 minutes away and a large airport is located in Spokane, Washington, about three hours away.

If this sounds like an opportunity you might be interested in this summer, please give me a call and we can discuss this position further.

Tagged as: Couples / Duos, SUMMER '25