Even though the Florida State parks are officially closed right now the workampers already there are helping the park personnel get started or finish up on some much-needed maintenance projects. If you are in the Florida area and living in a self-contained RV there may be places for you to park and help out the parks at the same time.
Being a workamper is a Florida State Park is not all that hard. All you need to do is go online, download the application and fill it out. Then sign-up for a Volunteer online account. Once it has been processed you can upload your application and begin exploring all the currently available workamping positions around the state. There are no campground host positions right now, of course, but if you contact some of the parks around the area you are currently living in they will be able to tell you if they need more workampers.
One of the positions we have seen online today
Resident: Full hook-ups + washer/dryer Troy Spring
Maintenance
The primary duties of the resident park host are to open and close the park, keep restrooms and park clean, and trim vegetation. site is available with water, septic, and 50 amp electric for varying dates. Please contact via email for more information, plan ahead and contact us early as the winter months are not available last minute. The maximum stay is a 16 week time period. Troy Spring is a 78-acre day-use park with a 70-foot deep first magnitude spring that flows into the Suwannee River. The spring run contains the remains of a civil war era steamship and is very popular with open water divers and snorkelers. If you have questions, please email debra.l.walker@floridadep.gov
Troy Springs is a small State Park with just a picnic area, a dock, and the springs area. There is an old Cabin-Museum historical building that some of the rangers have used for programs. There are 2 designated workamper spots. One is behind the Ranger’s Office in the main park area and the other is located on the back of the property in front of the old barn. Sometimes the boy scouts use the area behind the barn to camp in when they have projects to do inside the park. We workamped there for 4 months one summer and enjoyed our time there. The ranger didn’t have a washer/dryer there when we were there but has installed a set since our time. There is also a nice, big refrigerator that she allowed us to use along with an extra shower in the barn.
We really enjoyed our stay there. Part of our duties was to clean the picnic area and bathrooms every day. When the spring was accessible we kept the long walkway free of debris. However, when the spring was browned out the entrance was chained and you had to keep checking to make sure that no one was sneaking down to go swimming. We mowed the grass and blew off the road leading into the park. I really wish they had a street blower for that job. The little cabin on the hill was mostly kept locked up and about once a month we went in to dust and sweep the floors. The barn area isn’t really used for very much but storage so they don’t require you do too much with it. When the boy scouts dry camped we cleaned up the area before and after. Mostly, we just rode around the park a couple of times a day, opened the gate in the morning and closed it at sunset.
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