• NPS photograph from Mt Scott Lookout, June 1936

    Crater Lake

    National Park Oregon

  • Winter Road Closures Due to Snow Still in Effect.

    The Rim Drives around Crater Lake and the North Entrance Road were buried under 31' of snow last winter and are still closed due to that snow. The park's Road Crew is in the process of plowing these roads open. For more information, More »

Jobs

wildland fire

NPS

NPS employee mopping up after a lightning strike.

Working at Crater Lake

The National Park Service hires both paid and unpaid employees. Some paid poistions are seasonal in nature, other are year-round. All paid positions are advertised on the federal employment website, www.usajobs.gov . You can search the site by state, locale, agency or job type. Summer positions at Crater Lake are usually advertised in January, February or March. Each year, we hire seasonal rangers for a variety of positions. These include fee collection, interpretation, trail crew, maintenance, wildland fire, lake research, and wildlife crews.

In addition to paid positions, each year Crater Lake National Park hires several interns (volunteers). We provide a small stipend, plus free housing. These internship opportunities are advertised on the website www.volunteer.gov. To find positions at Crater Lake, enter "97604" in the key word search box. You can also click on the state of Oregon on the US map and scroll down through the listings.

By law, the National Park Service is allowed to hire only US citizens for its paid positions. Applicants from other countries, however, are able to volunteer or to work for the park's concessionaire, Xanterra Parks & Resorts.

Did You Know?

Visitors viewing Crater Lake from the Sinnott Memorial.

An average of 482,000 people visit Crater Lake National Park each year. Open year-round, less than 100,000 people visit the park during the non-summer months.