volunteer visitor center

[golfoh1]

anyone ever volunteer visitor center work at custer state park S.D.? if so what are the campsite locations like?

[Horsedoc]

We hosted in CSP two summers. The help around the Visitors Center and non-CG volunteers stay at a 'CG' and dorm area across the ridge behind the Game Lodge CG and Lodge. This would be the preferable location for that area. There is another small employee CG off to the south just past the General Store. We were there for a few days waiting for our CG to open for the season. Backed up against the base of a mountain, there was no satellite signal due to the mountain blocking the signal. They called it Sun City but there was very little. In-official name was Sin City.
I think the Legion Lake fire is more like 58K acres. It got out of the park boundaries and into private land down on 79 and also into Wind Cave NP. Lost a lot of timber in the park and much acreage in the grassy areas inside the Game Loop and south of it as well.

[golfoh1]

Thanks for info. I found out that about 35000 acres burned and fire was 95% under control. no info. on camp sites. they are hoping for snow that will help the park.

[Community Alumni]

There is three dedicated campgrounds for volunteers in the park. One is Volunteer Village just south of the Game Lodge Campground on the Wildlife Loop, second is Sun City in the Game Lodge area about 250 yards west of the Coolidge General Store and the third one is a new one July or August of this year and is located near the old STARR Academy at the end of the Badger Clark road, its name has been changed a couple of times so not sure of the name now, I will call it the new one for now. Then there is a few sites within the public campgrounds for the hosts and other personnel. All have sewer, electric 30/50 amp and water. most will have the ability to hit a satellite for TV but may be difficult in the Sun City area. A lot have the ability to get DSL from Mt Rushmore Telephone Co but not all like the new one but cell service there is very good. But cell service in some areas is not good or not at all but ATT and Verizion are the carriers that will work in the park where there is a signal. All are more or less level and will work for a MH but I have had to use ramps before (6 inch or less) to get the front level and not to high. All in all the campsites are good and do work for most.

All this said but not sure how the fire there has impacted the campsites as the fire did burn around or up to the three big ones. I know that the sites are still there but not sure if any of the infrastructure was damaged.
JimR

[nancyjerry]

Check the weather temps for the months you are considering..

[rk911]

it's not gotten a lot of air time but there's currently a huge wildfire burning in the park. so far more than half the park in terms of acres has burned and when I last checked the fire was 90% contained. so far no human deaths and no buildings have been destroyed. the bison herd seems intact...at least all of the bison found have been alive. three of the park's famous burros are missing and feared dead.

[Lwiddis]

Ask 3oaks. He believes the whole park burned.

[GordonThree]

dalenoel wrote:
Do you mean Custer State Park in Michigan?

Looks like a nice park to visit.

[tinstartrvlr]

Wanted to volunteer at Custer once but no openings. Went through the campground in the park closest to Custer City (not sure if there is more than one CG) and liked it. Wish I could have gotten a volunteer gig.

[TexasShadow]

We have camped there many times these last several years. Each campground has a full hookup site in the campground.
for other workers, there is a big rv camping area on the southeast corner of the park, around the corner to the north, and behind the Game Lodge campground. We just drove through it one day to check it out. It looked ok to us.

[golfoh1]

South Dakota, thanks corrected that

[dalenoel]

Do you mean Custer State Park in Michigan?