Want to Live on Bakers Island This Summer?

Ever dreamed of leaving the mainland and spending a quiet summer on a small island?

Here's your chance.

The Essex National Heritage Commission is currently looking for Volunteer Lighthouse Keepers to run the Bakers Island Light Station and tend to the  island this summer, according to idealist.org.

The 10-acres island is located in Salem Sound and includes the Bakers Island Light, the Keeper's House, the Assistant Keeper's House, Lantern House, Fog Horn Building and Oil House.

The island is three miles from the city of Salem and one mile from Manchester-by-the-Sea. Adjacent to the light station property, there is summer colony with 55 homes. The summer residents are protective of their privacy, and the island is currently not open to the public.

If selected, volunteer light house keepers will be given "the full use of the Main Keeper's House – a rustic three-bedroom Victorian house operating 'off the grid' with solar power," according to the post on idealist.

If you'd like to apply, send or email resumes and reasons for interest to: Essex Heritage, ATTN: Annie Harris, 221 Essex St., Salem, MA, 01970; or email: emilyl@essexheritage.org.

Does this sound like fun to you? Would spending a summer on an island without Wifi drive you crazy?

Let us know in the comments section below.