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Devils Tower National Monument
Volunteer
Volunteer Patch

NPS Volunteer Patch

To view more NPS volunteer opportunities, go to www.nps.gov/volunteer or www.volunteer.gov/gov

 

Devils Tower National Monument has a very active volunteer program. Our VIPs (Volunteers-in-the-Parks) help support the Monument in a variety of ways. There are five basic positions that are recruited for at the Monument:

  1. Visitor Center Assistant -  provides information and orientation to park visitors; assists with junior ranger programs; roves hiking trails and prairie dog town
  2. Climbing – provides information to climbers; assists with climbing patrols
  3. Maintenance - performs a variety of maintenance tasks such as trash collection, construction or repair of trails, cleaning, small projects, etc.
  4. Adminstrative Clerk – Answers phones, assists with filing, inputing of data, etc.
  5. Campground Host – provides information and assistance to visitors camping in monument; roves campground

 



Close up of Devils Tower's columns  

Did You Know?
The columns that create Devils Tower can be 4, 5, 6, or 7 sided. Some geologists believe the last column fell 10,000 years ago.

Last Updated: February 27, 2008 at 16:11 EST