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Townsend, Montana

The Silos Marina & Campground - Along Hwy 287

All positions are currently filled.

The 125-acre campground is located on the west shore of Canyon Ferry Reservoir in Broadwater County, MT approximately 5 miles north of Townsend, MT and 25 miles southeast of Helena. The area is best known for its boating, fishing, hunting, camping, and wildlife viewing opportunities on the nearby water bodies and public lands. The Silos Marina & Campground has 86 campsites, 2 double vault toilets, 9 single vault toilets and 4 large group pavilions. There is potable at two pump houses via frost free hydrants. The Silos Marina has a 78-slip dock, elevated gangways & floating platforms for access to docks, and two courtesy unloading/loading docks with a 10-slip courtesy parking dock. 

Host Positions: Each host cares for approximately 1/3 of the sites/slips; shares care of cleaning the vault toilets, the group shelters, day shelters (Pavilions), parking area, and marina with other hosts. The main duties include light maintenance, compliance checking, bookkeeping, helping customers and cleaning. The host position also helps check boat launch check in as needed. Hosts work an average of 30-35 hours per week with 2 days off per week.

Host must have RV or camper and a separate vehicle. Couple’s remuneration includes a site for RV with electric & water hookups value approximately $600 a month. The host position receives $1,000.00/mo. and reimbursement for miles driven doing the Silos business.  

Host Position #1: Cares for 78 boat slips, 10 campsites in Falcon Loop, two single and one double-sided outhouse and collects payment from customers for the boat launch. The host site has electricity and a blackwater holding tank. A 60-gallon water tank is available to refill host’s water weekly.

Host Position #2: Cares for Golden Eagle and Osprey Loops (25 campsites), 2 single outhouses and one double outhouse, one Pavilion and two boat ramps, and assists with staffing the parking area and main boat launch. The host site has full hookups.

Host Position #3: Cares for Hawk and Peregrine Loops (50 campsites), 4 single outhouses and one double outhouse, 3 Pavilions and one boat ramp. The host site has full hookups.

Visit GooseBayMarina.camp for more information on the campground.

The 65-acre campground is located on the east shore of Canyon Ferry Reservoir in Broadwater County, MT approximately 24 miles northeast of Townsend, MT and 20 miles southeast of Helena. The area is best known for its boating, fishing, hunting, camping and wildlife viewing opportunities on the nearby water bodies and public lands. The Goose Bay Campground has 93 sites, 2 fee-based shower facilities with flush toilets, 7 double vault toilets, and 3 single vault toilets. Also 2 large group pavilions, 3 group camping shelters, 8 day-use shelters, and a picnic area. There is a store, a potable water fill station, 2 RV dump stations, a water treatment building, an onshore gas dispenser, a rental shack, and a maintenance building. The Marina has a 63-slip dock, elevated gangways & floating platforms for access to docks, and a boat storage area. 

Host/Store Personnel Positions:  Couples are preferred and are individually hired at $1300/mo each. The Host cares for approximately 30 sites; shares care of cleaning the shower buildings, the vault toilets, the group shelters, day shelters, picnic area, and marina with other hosts. The main duties include light maintenance, compliance checking, bookkeeping, helping customers and cleaning. The host position also helps in the store occasionally as needed.

The Store Personnel work in the store set days each week for about 30-32 hours a week, strong computer skills are needed. The main duties are helping customers, using Point of Sale software to record sales, The CampLife program for reservations, general restocking, inventory control, bookkeeping, and cleaning. Work hours per week include some on-call time. The Store personnel also hosts as needed.

Host must have RV or camper and a separate vehicle. Couple’s remuneration includes a site for RV with full hookups value approximately $900 a month. The host position receives $1,300.00/mo. and the store position receives $1,300/mo., both positions are reimbursed for miles driven doing Goose Bay business.  An ATV or bicycle is recommended to make trips around the campground but not required.

Mountain Manager, North Tongue – The Mountain Manager resides at North Tongue Campground elevation 7900 feet, and hauls garbage to the landfill from all the campgrounds one time per week.  The campground has 12 sites, host duties include light maintenance, compliance checking, bookkeeping, and cleaning.  North Tongue Campground is located close to excellent fishing streams, and numerous scenic drives or hiking trails are close by.  The campground is one mile from Burgess Junction and two miles from the Burgess Dump Station although black and gray water can be dumped in the nearby outhouse through a connecting hose or using a Blue Boy.  This position also includes managing three other host and the oversight of 6 other campgrounds along Highways 14 and 14A.   Mountain Manager duties include trouble shooting for all campgrounds, planning and completing special maintenance projects as needed, distributing supplies, collecting trash from the western side and hauling to a landfill once or twice a week (GCC provides a dump trailer), sanitizing water wells and testing for EPA compliance, and depositing receipts from all campgrounds into a bank in Sheridan or Greybull.  Manager will fill in for hosts or unfilled positions.   Remunerations: include site for RV with electrical hookup and $1,800.00/mo.; total package worth approximately $2,420/month; a mileage allowance is paid semi-monthly; and a bonus of up to $150/month for utilities is paid for the successful completion of the contract.  Hosts must have RV or camper.  The position starts mid-May and ends in late September.

Sibley Lake Picnic Sites - Host resides at Sibley Lake Campground, site 11, located 21 miles west of Dayton, elevation 7900 feet, and cares for Sibley Lake Boat Dock and Dam Picnic areas and helps with maintenance in other area campgrounds. Duties include light maintenance, compliance checking, bookkeeping, and cleaning.   Hosts must have RV or camper. Remunerations include site for RV with electric and water hookups and $900.00/month plus $18/hr for maintenance hours. The total package is worth approximately $1,900/month; a mileage allowance is paid biweekly and a bonus of up to $150/month for utilities is paid total for successful completion of the contract.  Campground is near Sibley Lake with hiking and fishing available.  The job begins early June and ends mid-September.



For more information on Dead Swede Campground please visit the campground description. 

Southwest Bighorn Mountain Manager - Mountain Manager resides at Boulder Park elevation 8000 feet.  Mountain Manager duties include trouble shooting for eight campgrounds along U.S. Hwy 16 in the Bighorn National Forest, oversees 6 hosts, planning and completing special maintenance in any of the campgrounds, depositing receipts from all hosts in a bank at Buffalo, record keeping - semi-monthly & monthly reports, sanitizing water wells and testing for EPA compliance, and hauling garbage to Ten Sleep, directs the other hosts in this area, filling in for hosts or unfilled positions, also purchasing and delivering supplies to all hosts.  Remunerations include site for RV with electric hookups and $1800.00/mo.; total package worth approximately $2,080/month; a mileage allowance is paid semi-monthly; and a bonus of up to $150/month for utilities (propane) is paid for successful completion of the contract. Manager must have RV or camper and a separate vehicle to use between campgrounds. Position is mid-May until mid-September.

Circle Park – Host resides at Circle Park (10 sites) and cares for Hettinger Group Area, also helps with Tie Hack campground.   Main duties are cleaning, compliance checking, bookkeeping & light maintenance.  This position also picks up supplies, reservation notices and deposits camp receipts; and generally, acts as an assistant to the Mountain Manager for the east side of the mountain.  Host must have RV or camper and a separate vehicle to use between campgrounds.  Remunerations include site for RV with no hookups plus $900/month; total package worth approximately $1,388/month.  A mileage allowance is paid semi-monthly and a bonus of up to $150/month for utilities (propane and generator gas) is paid for successful completion of the contract.  This campground is located 16 miles west of Buffalo, Wyoming on Hwy 16.  Circle Park Trailhead is convenient; hiking trails, horse trails, and scenic drives are close by. The job begins June1st and ends after Labor Day.

For more information on Circle Park Campground please visit the campground description.