Jobs in Virginia State Parks

Jobs in Virginia State Parks
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Jobs in Virginia State Parks
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Virginia State Parks strives to provide employment opportunities that encourage and enable
people to enjoy, protect and restore Virginia’s natural and cultural treasures. We invite you to
join the team at one of Virginia’s spectacular state parks. Utilize your historical, educational,
organizational, communication or customer service skills while connecting with your love for
nature and the outdoors.
Applicants can do something good for themselves and for the state they call home by
working at a Virginia State Park!
Job openings
Our seasonal jobs are a great place to start if you're interested in a career in the parks. Maintenance jobs, customer service positions, and lifeguard positions are just a few examples of these jobs. In each case, you will get a taste of what a state park is like to work in.
Click the park name to see open positions and to apply online:
Bear Creek Lake State Park
(BC) - Cumberland, VA
Belle Isle State Park
(BI) - Lancaster, VA
Breaks Interstate Park
(BK) - Breaks, VA
Caledon State Park
(CA) - King George, VA
Chippokes State Park
(CP) - Surry, VA
Claytor Lake State Park
(CL) - Dublin, VA
Clinch River State Park
(CR) - Saint Paul, VA
Culpeper Battlefields State Park
(CB) - Rapidan, VA
Culpeper Battlefields State Park
() - Richmond, VA
Douthat State Park
(DO) - Millboro, VA
Fairy Stone State Park
(FS) - Stuart, VA
Falling Spring Falls
(FA) - Hot Springs, VA
False Cape State Park
(FC) - Virginia Beach, VA
First Landing State Park
(FL) - Virginia Beach, VA
Grayson Highlands State Park
(GH) - Mouth of Wilson, VA
Green Pastures Recreation Area
(GP) - Clifton Forge, VA
Hayfields State Park
(HA) - McDowell, VA
State Parks Headquarters
- Richmond, VA
High Bridge Trail State Park
(HB) - Rice, VA
Holliday Lake State Park
(HL) - Appomattox, VA
Hungry Mother State Park
(HM) - Marion, VA
James River State Park
(JR) - Gladstone, VA
Kiptopeke State Park
(KP) - Cape Charles, VA
Lake Anna State Park
(LA) - Spotsylvania, VA
Leesylvania State Park
(LE) - Woodbridge, VA
Machicomoco State Park
(MA) - Hayes, VA
Mason Neck State Park
(MN) - Lorton, VA
Natural Bridge State Park
(NB) - Natural Bridge, VA
Natural Tunnel State Park
(NT) - Duffield, VA
New River Trail State Park
(NR) - Max Meadows, VA
Occoneechee State Park
(OC) - Clarksville, VA
Pocahontas State Park
(PO) - Chesterfield, VA
Powhatan State Park
(PW) - Powhatan, VA
Raymond R. "Andy" Guest, Jr. Shenandoah River State Park
(SH) - Bentonville, VA
Sailor's Creek Battlefield State Park
(SC) - Rice, VA
Seven Bends State Park
(SE) - Woodstock, VA
Shot Tower State Park
(ST) - Max Meadows, VA
Sky Meadows State Park
(SK) - Delaplane, VA
Smith Mountain Lake State Park
(SM) - Huddleston, VA
Southwest Virginia Museum
(SW) - Big Stone Gap, VA
Staunton River Battlefield State Park
(SB) - Randolph, VA
Staunton River State Park
(SR) - Scottsburg, VA
Sweet Run State Park
(SN) - Hillsboro, VA
Twin Lakes State Park
(TL) - Green Bay, VA
Westmoreland State Park
(WE) - Montross, VA
Widewater State Park
(WW) - Stafford, VA
Wilderness Road State Park
(WR) - Ewing, VA
York River State Park
(YR) - Williamsburg, VA
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600 E. Main St., 24
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