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🌿 Live & Help at Brooklyn Heights Riverfront Campground

Escape to the mountains of West Virginia and become part of a unique riverfront campground community.

We offer a relaxed, nature-based lifestyle for a small number of volunteers who want to spend time outdoors, meet great people, and contribute to a special place.

Limited to 3 - 4 volunteers at a time max

🏕️ Your Stay

You’ll stay in our cozy shared 2-story volunteer cabin, designed for comfort and community (approx. 700 ft^2)

(see slide bar photo gallery above)

  • 4 comfortable beds (2 full / 2 twin)

  • 2nd floor sleeping areas

  • Kitchenette on lower floor

  • Electric, lighting, heat and air conditioning

  • Peaceful forest setting with great fire pits outside and communal areas

You’ll also enjoy access to:

  • ☕ Coffee Pavilion (24/7 hangout space with coffee, tea, seating, and TV lounge with Starlink internt)

  • 🔥 Campfires and social gatherings

  • 🌊 2000+ feet of riverfront

  • 🧖 Wood-fired sauna (coming soon with your help)

This is not rough camping—this is a comfortable, social, nature immersion experience.

 

🔧 What You’ll Do

We ask for approximately 10 - 15 hours per week of help.

Tasks may include helping camp staff:

  • Help to develop and maintain our organic garden

  • Building out the wood fired sauna

  • Maintaining the shoreline / beach areas and river islands

  • Cabin and campsite resets after guests depart

  • Firewood restocking and general camp upkeep

  • Help to develop some new sites

  • A variety of fun projects throughout the seasons 

  • Gravel distribution at times

  • Landscaping and Beautification projects

Work is flexible and varies with the season and occupancy.

 

🍽️ Food & Living

  • Shared healthy foods provided, camp meals, and/or basic provisions available for cooking and snacking

  • Access to cooking area and supplies

  • Group meals and potlucks 

 

🌲 Who This Is For

This opportunity is ideal for:

  • Nature lovers

  • Travelers seeking a meaningful, peaceful place to stay

  • Friendly, self-motivated individuals

  • People who enjoy light structure but independence

✔ Couples welcome
✔ Solo travelers welcome
✔ Longer stays preferred, but shorter stays considered

 

⏳ Length of Stay

Flexible:

  • Short-term: 2–4 weeks (even a week if lodging is available)

  • Medium-term: 1–3 months

  • Longer stays possible for the right fit

 

⚠️ Important

This is a shared, community-style environment.

We’re looking for people who are:

  • Respectful of others

  • Clean and organized

  • Easygoing and positive

  • Reliable and communicative

This is a peaceful campground—not a party scene.

 

📍 Location

Brooklyn Heights Riverfront Campground
Parsons, West Virginia
Near Thomas & Davis (Canaan Valley area)

 

📩 How to Apply

Send a message with:

  • A little about yourself

  • What you’re looking for in this experience

  • Your availability and preferred length of stay

  • Any relevant experience

  • Below is a link to a simple questionnaire that helps us to get to know each other better -- copy and paste with your answers in an email or print it out and scan or photograph the filled out form and return -- thanks.

  • click here for questionnaire

 

Interested?

Call or text Vince at (703) 328-1840 for details on upcoming projects and availability.

Thanks for applying! We’ll be in touch soon.

703-328-1840

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