Custer State Park’s Volunteer Program

Custer State Park’s volunteer program is designed for individuals and couples who wish to volunteer their services in exchange for a free trailer site, complete with hookups.

The trailer sites are approximately 15 miles from Custer, population 2,000, and 45 minutes from Rapid City, population 60,000. Pay telephones are located throughout the Park. Some sites have phone hookups available at the site.

Volunteer positions will not replace or eliminate any of the Park’s current staff. However, by utilizing volunteers the Park will be able to expand services to our visitors.

Volunteers selected to work in Custer State Park will have the opportunity to spend a part or all of their summer in the beautiful setting of the Park. At 71,000 acres, Custer State Park is one of the largest state parks in the United States. It features pine covered mountains, open prairies, mountain streams, four man-made lakes, unique geological formations, early pioneer history, and numerous wildlife species, including one of the nations largest publicly owned bison herds.

Click below for information on the following:

1. Volunteer Program Information and Guidelines
 

2. Job Descriptions
 

3. Volunteer Work Application
      Apply online

or click here to download an application form in Adobe Acrobat format which you can print and send to: Volunteer Coordinator, Division of Parks and Recreation, 523 E. Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-3182. A new application must be completed each year, and each time you wish to apply to a park where you have not worked before. If you like, you can also download the complete volunteer handbook in Adobe Acrobat format (file size 1.3mb).

4. Custer State Park Information
 

5. Other Volunteer Opportunities with GFP

If you are interested in the volunteer program, please complete  your application and send it to the Park  in November . After the  application is  reviewed, we may contact you to further discuss the program and answer any questions. Most positions are filled in November and December, but if you are interested beyond that date, contact the Park to see if openings still exist.

Sincerely,
Craig Pugsley

Visitor Services Program Manager

CUSTER STATE PARK
13329 US HWY 16A
CUSTER, SD 57730

(605)255-4800 ext. 211 or E-mail  Craig.Pugsley@state.sd.us