About Prospector
Number of accommodations: 103
Campground Amenities
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Potable Water
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (448)
What Guests Are Saying
Prospector Campground offers spacious sites with beautiful mountain views and close proximity to Lake Dillon, making it a popular choice for campers. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, helpful camp hosts, and numerous nearby recreational activities like hiking and kayaking. However, some reviews mention challenges such as a lack of potable water, limited shade, and issues with road access and campsite maintenance.
What Guests Are Saying
Prospector Campground offers spacious sites with beautiful mountain views and close proximity to Lake Dillon, making it a popular choice for campers. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, helpful camp hosts, and numerous nearby recreational activities like hiking and kayaking. However, some reviews mention challenges such as a lack of potable water, limited shade, and issues with road access and campsite maintenance.
Review Summary
John E
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 019, Loop: B
Camp hosts were great
Janet A
VerifiedJuly 8, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 064, Loop: D
Campground is beautiful and well-maintained with clean bathrooms and sites that are on the larger side for this area. However, the first night of our stay, we had a horrible experience with a large, raucous group playing music and talking loudly until 2am. The campground hosts were located right across from this group, yet nothing was done to enforce quiet hours. Really disappointing that this group was allowed to ruin the night for everyone else in surrounding sites.
Jennifer H
VerifiedJuly 7, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 060, Loop: D
My last time there was probably 13-14 years ago. I was sad to see that the views that were afforded at most of the sites were gone as the trees now block views of the mountains and lake. But I know we need the trees. Just a different experience. There were some loud people up late nearby, but I guess you have to expect that these days unfortunately.
Christopher L
VerifiedJuly 6, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 106, Loop: E
Fantastic location and well kept up. Great roads leading into the campground as well as nice hiking trails all around.
Beth H
VerifiedJuly 4, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 034, Loop: C
Good weather. Friendly host. Beautiful views.
Ron B
VerifiedJuly 3, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 045, Loop: C
Great spot, level enough spot for my tent and some, not a lot, of shade. The vault toilets were close and very clean!
All in all it was a relaxing 3 days.
Michele W
VerifiedJuly 3, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 042, Loop: C
Great campground. There were issues with water availability and we almost cancelled. Thank God we didnβt. Great sites. We will be back again.
Kristen L
VerifiedJune 5, 2024 β’ Stayed at: 014, Loop: B
Excellent views, nice sites.
Victoria Q
VerifiedOctober 16, 2023 β’ Stayed at: 066, Loop: D
We loved our site 66 - stellar views of the mountains and quick walk down to the reservoir. Quiet campground despite being close to the highway. No wood or water during our stay in Sept 2023.
Jamie C
VerifiedOctober 2, 2023 β’ Stayed at: 040, Loop: C
The Prospector campground is a fantastic spot if you want to be close to Breckenridge/Frisco without being around a lot of people and cars. There is a trail that goes around the reservoir that I highly recommend because it is beautiful. The bathrooms were well-kept and the camp sites themselves were clean and offered enough privacy from the other sites.
We were warned ahead of time that the well had run dry, so there was not water access during our stay. This is understandable and we prepared accordingly since we were forewarned about the water situation.
Location Prospector
Address:
Dillon Ranger District 680 Blue River Parkway
Silverthorne, CO, 80498
United States
From I-70, take the Silverthorne exit 205. Travel east on Highway 6,
approximately 4 miles to Swan Mountain Road. Turn right and travel for 2
miles to Prospector and Windy Point Campground sign. Take dirt road 1
mile to campground entrance.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.5958 / -106.034
Elevation: 2803 feet
Policies & Rules
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| General |
Please Note: One RV with tow per single site or one vehicle per tent site. Most sites can accommodate 1 extra vehicle that is not included with the reservation fee. Extra vehicle will be charged a per night fee and collected at the campground. |
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Body contact with reservoir prohibited; no swimming, water skiing, jetskiing, or scuba diving in the lake |
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Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment, and tires before using lake or trails |
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Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (ELEVEN) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests.Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation. |
| General |
Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed. |
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Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org. |
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Any accepted senior passes must be entered for the discount at the time of booking for single sites only. |
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Click here for more information about White River National Forest |
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Campers must occupy the site the first night at a campsite. This prevents booking the site for Fri-Sun and showing up on Saturday. |
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Campers may leave the site for 24 hours and must occupy the site otherwise. This allows a camper to say go for an overnight backpack trip in the woods for one night and come back to their campsite the next day. |
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Check in time is 2:00pm and Check out time is 11:00amIt is imperative that you are clear from the site at 11:00am on your check out day so the host can come prepare the site for the next event. Please don't be the group that makes the incoming group have to wait. |
| General |
Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or Help.WhiteRiver.Dillon@AmericanLL.com |
