Employers and host programs in Maryland

Baltimore County Recreation and Parks

Naturalist academic-credit internships at nature centers and heritage parks · Oregon Ridge, Marshy Point, Cromwell Valley, Lake Roland, Banneker Museum and other county sites

Naturalist intern · Museum program assistant · Animal care · Trail maintenance

Rechecked Oct 19, 2026: Open, but an unpaid academic-credit internship for students (8+ hours a week), with no housing.

Baltimore County opened a continuous academic-credit naturalist recruitment on October 7, 2026. Locations include Oregon Ridge and Marshy Point nature centers, Cromwell Valley, Lake Roland, Benjamin Banneker Park and Museum, Holt Park and the Agricultural Center and Farm Park. Interns support public programmes, daily facility operations, wildlife or livestock care and trails. This is a useful example of county visitor-facing recruitment beyond campgrounds, but it is explicitly unpaid and restricted to enrolled students. Applicants must provide a transcript and coordinate the academic-credit arrangement with their institution. MD11

• Pay: Unpaid ($0/hour); academic credit eligibility.
• Hours and duties: Minimum eight hours/week, Monday–Friday.
• Season or dates: Opened October 7, 2026; continuous recruitment.
• Who can apply: Undergraduate/graduate enrollment in relevant subject; transcript, reliable transport and screening required.
• How to apply: Apply to county GovernmentJobs posting IN145 12-25; attach resume and transcript.
• Still to confirm: Match applicants to student eligibility and facility schedule; do not list this as a paid or residential host role.

Baltimore County 410-887-3135

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Cherry Hill Park

Seasonal recreation staffing at year-round RV park · College Park, Prince George’s County

Lifeguard · Recreation support · Future campground operations prospect

Rechecked Oct 10, 2026: Page still says hiring, but the season ends October 2026, so this is close to lapsing. Pay and terms are in linked PDFs not opened.

Cherry Hill Park’s current jobs page explicitly says it is recruiting on a rolling basis for the April–October 2026 camping season. The listed positions are lifeguard and grill cook; the lifeguard must remain available through October. The property says most jobs are seasonal, with occasional year-round recruitment. This supports a real current recreation-employer lead, but it does not substantiate a campground-host or front-desk vacancy. Its linked lifeguard document is named 2023 and failed retrieval, so no old compensation, certification or housing terms are carried into this record. MD17

• Season or dates: April–October 2026 rolling recruitment; lifeguard availability through October required.
• How to apply: Email resume and short description of desired work, as directed on official job page.
• Still to confirm: Confirm remaining 2026 lifeguard need or next-season operations hiring, including any worker RV arrangement.

Place guide: Cherry Hill Park

Cherry Hill Park [email protected] 301-937-7116

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Horizon Outdoor Hospitality — Ridge Rider recruitment

Ridge Rider Campground, a Roadville property · Little Orleans, Allegany County / western Maryland

Guest services · Housekeeping · Landscaping and maintenance · Seasonal workcamper

Rechecked Oct 19, 2026: Rechecked from Bob's computer; taking applications.

Horizon’s employer-posted 2027 Ridge Rider advertisement recruits full-time seasonal guest services, housekeeping and landscaping/maintenance staff. Duties include reservations and check-in, cabins and restrooms, and campground grounds and repairs. It explicitly offers pay for all hours, a free RV site and accrued PTO; neither the hourly wage nor site utilities are specified. The property’s own site independently confirms Ridge Rider in Little Orleans and identifies it as a Roadville property. Horizon’s Workable portal did not render individual jobs, so the readable employer advertisement is retained as the recruitment evidence. MD18 MD19 MD25

• Pay: All hours paid; rate not published. Accrued PTO.
• Housing or RV: Free RV site stated; hookups, utility charges, size limits and partner rules unstated.
• Hours and duties: Seasonal full-time for guest services, housekeeping and maintenance; flexible weekends/holidays.
• Season or dates: 2027 season; exact start/end and deadline unstated.
• Who can apply: Background check; housekeeping and maintenance require valid driver’s license.
• How to apply: Employer LinkedIn advertisement and Horizon Workable recruitment; property contact is a fallback enquiry route, not a separate application.
• Still to confirm: Obtain 2027 wage, required hours per person, dates and a written RV-site/utility agreement.

Place guide: Ridge Rider Campground

See the openingHorizon Outdoor Hospitality — employer advertisement on LinkedIn 301-478-2325

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Maryland DNR / Maryland Park Service

Paid seasonal park operations and permanent maintenance · Statewide

Park maintenance · Park technician · Seasonal visitor services

The Park Service’s careers page directs both full-time and part-time seasonal applicants to state JobAps recruitment. Maintenance duties include grounds, buildings, equipment, water and septic systems, public assistance and emergency support. This creates a paid route alongside the volunteer host programme, particularly for people with practical trade skills. The page also describes formal experience requirements for entry-level Park Technician I positions, so general willingness to work is not enough for every classification. It is a recruitment gateway rather than proof of a current vacancy at every park. MD04

• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Use the JobAps link on DNR careers, filter Department of Natural Resources and inspect each park, closing date and classification.
• Still to confirm: Search the next seasonal cycle for park-specific visitor-service and maintenance advertisements; confirm whether any includes housing.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources [email protected] 1-800-830-3974

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Maryland Park Service / Department of Service and Civic Innovation

Maryland Conservation Corps · Statewide crews based in parks

Conservation crew member · Nature center support · Environmental education · Facilities and trail maintenance

Maryland Conservation Corps is a young-adult conservation-service pathway that can include park facilities, nature centers, visitor education, heritage resources and special events. DNR’s current page says the programme has operated with Maryland Corps/Service Year Option since 2025. Crews normally comprise five to seven members under DNR supervision. Published benefits include health care and low-cost park housing, making it relevant to residential applicants even though it is broader than hosting. The checked page does not supply the current cash allowance, exact eligibility band or a dated intake deadline. MD05

• Pay: Health care and training benefits stated; current cash amount not stated in checked page.
• Housing or RV: Low-cost park housing; not described as free.
• Hours and duties: Crew projects include trails, facilities, habitat, education and event support; exact hours not stated.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• Who can apply: Described as a young-adult programme; verify current Maryland Corps/Service Year Option eligibility.
• How to apply: DNR MCC page links information-webinar registration; use programme and partner recruitment instructions for actual intake.
• Still to confirm: Verify age/residency eligibility, term, current stipend and housing deduction before treating this as a workcamper alternative.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Paid operations, education and shipyard employment · St. Michaels, Talbot County, Eastern Shore

Visitor operations · Museum education · Shipyard apprentice · Facilities support

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum maintains its own careers gateway and HR contact. It identifies professional staffing in education, operations, curatorial work and the shipyard, including apprentices, providing a genuine nonprofit employer route for a waterfront visitor attraction. Its linked Paycom portal rendered only a JavaScript-loading message in this research, so no individual position, rate or deadline is certified here. The museum’s general public facilities and boat-related activities do not by themselves establish employee housing or a work-for-slip arrangement. Volunteer recruitment is separately documented below. MD14

• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Explore Career Opportunities button on museum careers page; recruitment enquiries to HR.
• Still to confirm: Read live Paycom job descriptions for guest services, operations and shipyard work; verify any accommodation role by role.

Place guide: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum [email protected] 410-745-2916

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Maryland DNR / Maryland Park Service

Camp hosts in state parks and forests · Statewide: mountains, Piedmont, southern Maryland and Eastern Shore

Campground host · Visitor information · Campground maintenance

Maryland runs a park-administered host programme with a campsite exchanged for agreed volunteer duties. The statewide table identifies Cedarville State Forest, Elk Neck, Patapsco, Susquehanna, Point Lookout, Greenbrier, Deep Creek Lake and several Eastern Shore parks, giving useful geographic breadth. Arrangements must be agreed directly with the individual park; the table is not an availability list. Its Assateague no-hookup entry conflicts with the main park page, which now specifies 30-amp electricity. Pocomoke also has conflicting published hours, and Rocky Gap has a renovation closure. MD01 MD02 MD22 MD23 MD24

• Pay: Unpaid; campsite provided during host service.
• Housing or RV: Park-specific. State table lists full hookups at Point Lookout, Greenbrier and Deep Creek Lake; main Assateague page lists 30-amp electricity, no water/sewer.
• Hours and duties: Many table entries require 20 hours/week; Patapsco 30; Assateague 28. Pocomoke newer indexed listing says 28 per person versus table 20: confirm.
• Season or dates: Usually one-month minimum, varying by park. Assateague May–October. Rocky Gap campground scheduled closed October 13, 2026–December 31, 2027.
• How to apply: Choose the park and use its contact in the official host table; Assateague main page links a specific host application.
• Still to confirm: Obtain a park-specific written 2027 vacancy, individual/couple hours and utilities confirmation; exclude Rocky Gap until reopening verified.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources

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Maryland Park Service — Assateague State Park

Resident environmental education volunteers · Berlin / Worcester County, Atlantic coast

Environmental education volunteer · Nature center host · Animal care · Recreation program assistant

Assateague offers a separate environmental-education volunteer assignment that includes nature-center and day-use exhibit staffing, school programmes, recreation activities and some animal care. The 2026 information packet accepts applications year-round and normally assigns sites late in the preceding fall. New volunteers serve one month; returning volunteers may be selected for two to six weeks. Each registered volunteer supplies their own required hours: a spouse or child cannot contribute toward that person’s minimum. Applying does not guarantee selection, preferred dates or a particular site. MD03

• Pay: Volunteer assignment; no wage stated.
• Housing or RV: On-site option: campsite with 30-amp electricity; no water or sewer hookups. Pet rules apply; approval/site allocation required.
• Hours and duties: Minimum 28 hours per week per registered volunteer.
• Season or dates: Spring late April–mid-June; summer 1 mid-June–July 31; summer 2 August 1–weekend after Labor Day. Exact next-year assignments unconfirmed.
• Who can apply: Background and driving-record checks; own transport within park. Packet requires ability to lift 20 pounds and perform outdoor duties.
• How to apply: Environmental Education application linked on the main Assateague page; programme questions to Erin Swale.
• Still to confirm: Confirm 2027 session availability, water/dump arrangements and new-versus-returning term with EE supervisor.

Place guide: Assateague State Park

Maryland Department of Natural Resources [email protected] 410-641-2120

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US Fish and Wildlife Service / Friends of Blackwater

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge resident and local volunteers · Cambridge / Dorchester County, Eastern Shore

Resident RV volunteer · Visitor center and bookstore host · Interpretation · Facilities maintenance

The Friends of Blackwater explicitly lists resident volunteers with an on-site RV pad among refuge opportunities and directs enquiries to the refuge volunteer coordinator. Other needs include information desk and gift shop staffing, environmental education, maintenance, carpentry, gardens and events. FWS independently confirms these visitor-service and stewardship functions. The general weekly or monthly volunteer flexibility must not be assumed to satisfy a resident site agreement. FWS also describes separate housing-and-stipend SCA summer internships; those are a different programme, and the 2026 Youth Conservation Corps was cancelled. MD08 MD09

• Housing or RV: Friends page confirms on-site RV pad for resident volunteers; hookups, cost and availability unstated.
• Hours and duties: Depends on resident agreement; no resident-specific hours verified.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: Contact refuge volunteer coordinator Michele Whitbeck through the Friends volunteer page; SCA internship route is separate.
• Still to confirm: Ask specifically about resident pad availability, required hours and utilities for the desired season.

Place guide: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

Friends of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge [email protected] 443-737-7701

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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Museum, dockside and grounds volunteers · St. Michaels, Talbot County

Museum interpreter · Guest services and events · Dockside volunteer · Buildings and grounds · Shipyard volunteer

The museum’s separate volunteer programme supports both public-facing and behind-the-scenes work. Listed assignments include education and interpretation, guest services and events, on-the-water and dockside work, buildings and grounds, exhibitions and the shipyard. Applicants are matched to programme needs and receive training; adult roles require a background check. There are distinct adult and student applications. The published benefits focus on training, social trips and recognition, with no RV site, berth or accommodation promise. This is a useful local volunteer network, particularly for boating and heritage skills. MD15

• Pay: Volunteer; training and recognition benefits, no wage stated.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• Who can apply: Adult application 18+; separate students 14+; adult background check.
• How to apply: Adult/student Better Impact applications linked from museum volunteer page.
• Still to confirm: Ask about current guest-service or dockside assignments and commitment; confirm any accommodation independently.

Place guide: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum [email protected] 410-745-2916

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Maryland DNR / Maryland Park Service

Resident Curatorship Program · Historic properties statewide

Resident curator · Historic-property restoration and stewardship

Maryland’s resident-curatorship programme grants lifetime tenancy in a historic property in exchange for restoration, continuing maintenance and periodic public access. It is a long-term preservation agreement involving significant obligations, rather than wages for campground or museum shifts. The official programme provides policies, proposal guidance, a financial statement and agreement documents. Its current page explicitly says no historic properties are available. This remains a relevant alternative for experienced property stewards, but should be placed in a separate restoration-agreement category and never advertised as an available free house. MD21

• Pay: No wage; tenancy exchanged for restoration, maintenance and public-access obligations.
• Housing or RV: Potential lifetime tenancy under approved historic-property agreement; no property currently available.
• Season or dates: Standing programme; no available properties on date checked.
• How to apply: Programme policies and proposal guidance; official curatorship enquiries.
• Still to confirm: Monitor for a specific property offering, then review restoration scope, finances and agreement obligations before application.

Maryland Department of Natural Resources [email protected]

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National Park Service — Greenbelt Park

Resident campground host · Greenbelt, Prince George’s County

Campground host · Evening visitor contact · Gate closing

Greenbelt’s official host page is explicitly tied to a 2024 announcement and was updated March 18 of that year. It documents a resident role receiving electric, water and sewer hookups in return for host duties. Those duties include a dusk patrol, locking two gates and greeting campers; the page excludes law enforcement, bathroom cleaning and fee collection. Typical assignments were three to four months. This is a strong historical programme lead near Washington, but the dated page cannot establish a 2026 or 2027 opening. MD06

• Pay: Historical unpaid host arrangement.
• Housing or RV: Historical electric, water and sewer hookups for host.
• Hours and duties: Dusk patrol, gate closing, camper contact; weekly hours not stated.
• Season or dates: 2024 advertisement; typical term three to four months.
• How to apply: Use Greenbelt host page and current volunteer opportunities; call park to confirm a new intake.
• Still to confirm: Confirm programme is recruiting for the desired year and ask for actual weekly hours and site availability.

Place guide: Greenbelt Park

National Park Service 771-208-1588

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Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission / Montgomery Parks

Little Bennett Campground seasonal positions · Clarksburg, Montgomery County

Campground reservations attendant · Camp store cashier · Activities assistant

Little Bennett demonstrates direct paid campground employment through the regional park commission rather than a private concessionaire. Its 2026 advertisement covered reservations and cashier attendants and campground activities assistants. Work included guest check-in, camp-store sales, questions, booking administration, nature walks and recreation equipment, with occasional cleaning. The facility’s activities and amenities run March–November, while the activities role concentrates on April–October. Both roles started at $15.45 hourly. Recruitment closed September 25, 2026, so these are concrete next-cycle employer leads, not open October positions. MD10

• Pay: 2026 starting rate $15.45/hour; part-time seasonal positions without benefits.
• Hours and duties: Variable weekdays/evenings/weekends/holidays; activities assistant requires weekends.
• Season or dates: Closed September 25, 2026; facility activities March–November.
• Who can apply: Minimum 16; ages 16–17 need work permit; orientation and background investigation.
• How to apply: Montgomery Parks seasonal hiring via M-NCPPC GovernmentJobs; listed parks-careers email for process questions.
• Still to confirm: Watch for LBCP.27 or equivalent and ask separately whether staff camping is available.

Place guide: Little Bennett Campground

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission [email protected]

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Howard County Recreation and Parks

Robinson Nature Center contingent facility leader · Columbia, Howard County

Nature center facility host · Visitor service · Admissions and gift shop · Opening and closing

Robinson Nature Center’s 2026 facility-leader advertisement is especially close to day-use hosting: greeting guests, processing memberships and admissions, opening and closing the building and gates, handling rentals and gift-shop sales, checking safety and supporting animal care. Higher-level staff may lead tours and act as facility contacts when permanent staff are absent. This is county employment, with no residential benefit established. The posting’s headline range was $16–21 hourly, with different levels, and it closed May 21, 2026. Retain the job title for the next recruitment. MD12

• Pay: Historical advertised range $16–21/hour, level and experience dependent.
• Hours and duties: Flexible shifts may include early mornings, late nights, weekends and holidays.
• Season or dates: Closed May 21, 2026.
• Who can apply: 18+, high school diploma/GED; level-specific public-contact/nature-center experience.
• How to apply: Howard County GovernmentJobs; search exact facility-leader title.
• Still to confirm: Check new recruitment and hourly level; verify schedule before considering this for a traveler living elsewhere.

Place guide: Robinson Nature Center

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Maryland Historical Trust / Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

Seasonal museum interpreter · St. Leonard, Calvert County / southern Maryland

Museum and historic-site interpreter · Visitor host · Tours · Historic building upkeep

Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum advertised a paid part-time seasonal interpreter for April–November 2026. The job combined tours, visitor questions and site rules with events, sales, reports and routine cleaning of historic buildings, exhibits, grounds and public restrooms. It therefore offers a practical heritage-site alternative to a campground host role. The published schedule was eight hours on both Saturday and Sunday, normally between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with occasional extra hours. The $23.35 hourly recruitment closed March 25, 2026; no accommodation benefit was stated. MD13

• Pay: Historical 2026 rate $23.35/hour.
• Hours and duties: Normally Saturday and Sunday, eight hours each; holidays and occasional additional days.
• Season or dates: 2026 April–November term; deadline March 25, 2026.
• How to apply: Maryland JobAps recruitment 26-001400-0001; monitor Museum Services / Maryland Historical Trust for renewal.
• Still to confirm: Track next seasonal interpreter intake and ask whether the weekend-only schedule is retained.

Place guide: Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum

State of Maryland / Maryland Historical Trust

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Fair Hill Environmental Foundation / Fair Hill Nature Center

Part-time environmental educator · Elkton, Cecil County / northeastern Maryland

Environmental educator · Nature center visitor service · Interpretive walks · Animal care

Fair Hill’s careers page retains a detailed environmental-educator description, salary and application button, but its opening notice explicitly says it is not currently hiring. The advertised work includes school and historical programmes, exhibits, visitor information, interpretive walks and possible animal care. The retained schedule is 9 a.m.–2 p.m., two to five days weekly during the school year, with occasional weekend or evening assignments. This is a worthwhile northeastern nonprofit lead, but the closed notice governs its status. The salary and requirements below are historical recruitment evidence. MD16

• Pay: Retained advertisement: $15–18/hour.
• Hours and duties: Retained schedule 9 a.m.–2 p.m., two–five days/week during school year.
• Season or dates: Page says not currently hiring and to check back in fall; no new dated intake certified.
• Who can apply: Retained requirements include 20+, six months relevant youth experience, CPR/first aid, background check and US work authorization.
• How to apply: Monitor official careers page; general programme contact below is not confirmation of an opening.
• Still to confirm: Wait for top-of-page hiring status to change before circulating educator advertisement as open.

Fair Hill Nature Center / Fair Hill Environmental Foundation [email protected] 410-398-4909

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US Fish and Wildlife Service — Patuxent Research Refuge

RV hunting-control-station front desk volunteer · Laurel, Prince George’s / Anne Arundel area

Resident RV volunteer · Hunt station greeter · Permit checks · Visitor services

Patuxent has a detailed official resident-RV assignment serving its public hunting programme: greeting hunters, checking permits, communicating boundaries, keeping records and optionally assisting visitor services or maintenance. It prefers two-person teams and states a 90-day commitment. However, the announcement’s header gives service dates September 21, 2026–February 8, 2027 and an October 24, 2026 recruitment deadline, while the body says September 2027–January 2028. The linked Volunteer.gov page did not render. The role is well documented, but the season must be resolved before advertising it as available. MD07

• Pay: Volunteer; no wage stated.
• Housing or RV: Gravel RV pad, stated 30-amp power (page says 50 amps with adapter), water and septic; additional vehicle space. Confirm actual electrical capacity.
• Hours and duties: 24 hours weekly per person, typically three days on/four off; possible additional peak-season hours.
• Season or dates: CONFLICT: header September 21, 2026–February 8, 2027; body September 2027–January 2028; recruitment end October 24, 2026.
• Who can apply: Housing guidance says 18+ and must live more than 50 miles away; two-person RV teams preferred. Do not interpret suitability tag 55+ as maximum age.
• How to apply: Apply Now link on FWS announcement leads to Volunteer.gov; confirm dates with refuge before submission.
• Still to confirm: Resolve year conflict, current openings and electrical-service wording with Patuxent volunteer staff.

US Fish and Wildlife Service

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Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Environmental education and public-engagement internships · Edgewater, Anne Arundel County / Chesapeake Bay

Environmental education intern · Public engagement · Participatory science support

SERC’s official indexed internship description includes public engagement, environmental education and participatory science alongside research. It states a minimum $700 weekly stipend for interns and that on-site dormitory housing is available for most interns. Both the programme and opportunity pages rejected direct retrieval during this check, and current indexed listings also include unrelated science-illustration roles. Consequently, no specific current education placement, eligibility or free-housing promise is certified. Retain SERC as a residential education prospect and read the actual project announcement before publishing an opportunity. MD20 MD26

• Pay: Official index: minimum $700/week stipend; verify project-specific terms.
• Housing or RV: Official index: dormitory housing available for most interns; price and allocation not verified.
• Season or dates: Season not specified
• How to apply: SERC Internships and Internship Opportunities pages; follow project-specific application once accessible.
• Still to confirm: Verify an actual upcoming environmental-education project, eligibility, deadline and housing cost in a readable official notice.

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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