Work

2025 Seasonal Positions

Campground Rangers

No matter where in the Park you are posted, as a Campground Ranger you’ll be in a beautiful place! At your assigned campground you’ll help visitors reduce their impacts on the Park’s natural resources, maintain campground infrastructure and nearby trails, and be trained for search and rescue situations.

To join a long legacy of BSP rangers, follow this link for more information and to apply.

Customer Representatives

Do you enjoy helping people make their adventure plans? Do you want to help teach people how to have a low-impact experience in Maine’s wildest park?

Learn more and apply here to be a Customer Representative (assigned to the reservations office, a park gate, or the visitor center).

Summit & Trails Intern

Are you looking to make a difference in protecting one of the most unique alpine areas in the northeastern US? If you are looking for a summer of epic hiking and helping visitors to Baxter’s mountain summits, combined with trail work and great learning opportunities, apply for the Summit & Trails Intern for the 2025 summer season!

Year-Round Positions

Baxter State Park Supervisory Carpenter

Are you an experienced carpenter with a passion for the outdoors? Baxter State Park is offering a full-time supervisory carpenter position to perform maintenance, repair, and carpentry work on both interior and exterior structures, including remote backcountry areas. The job involves working in various weather conditions (heat, rain, cold) and the selected applicant must have the ability to operate a snowmobile or vehicle during the winter and hike or snowshoe to reach remote sites when necessary. On occasion, you may plan and lead projects and supervise maintenance staff. Read more about this position and apply here.

Baxter State Park: a wilderness mission, a dynamic team

An amazing experience awaits you here. Baxter State Park is an iconic four-season wilderness park, home to Katahdin, the tallest peak in Maine. Some of the most remote, rugged country in the Northeast US lies within the 200,000-acre park, including 47 mountain summits, more than 50 pristine lakes and ponds, and over 200 miles of hiking trails.

You’ll find working at Baxter State Park is not just a job, it’s an adventure. We want you to bring your skills, experience, and your sense of awe to Baxter State Park. By joining our hardworking team, you can inspire current and future generations to love and appreciate spending time in the wilderness.

Join us to preserve the wildness and protect the experience in this wild, rugged landscape.

The Katahdin Region: world-class outdoor recreation

Endless opportunities to explore. Five major outdoor recreation areas totaling more than half a million acres at your doorstep. Lakes, mountains, streams, rivers, woods; the opportunities for discovery are limitless. The Katahdin area offers wonderful small towns, affordable housing, and a friendly atmosphere. People who live in the Maine Highlands enjoy world-class outdoor recreation, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, camping, hiking, cross-country skiing, biking, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling.

It’s all here. Whether you’re looking to get lost in the woods, a bite on your line, or some mud on your tires, you can find your spot here in the Katahdin Region. Come join us in the Katahdin Region as we build and enjoy a bright new future built on reverence for our incredible natural resources.