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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (547)
What Guests Are Saying
Prospector campground offers stunning views, clean facilities, and friendly hosts, making it a highly recommended destination for camping, biking, and hiking. While some campers noted issues like limited water availability and noise from neighbors, many appreciated the well-maintained bathrooms and spacious sites. Overall, visitors enjoyed their experiences and expressed a desire to return, highlighting the campground's beautiful location and recreational opportunities.
What Guests Are Saying
Prospector campground offers stunning views, clean facilities, and friendly hosts, making it a highly recommended destination for camping, biking, and hiking. While some campers noted issues like limited water availability and noise from neighbors, many appreciated the well-maintained bathrooms and spacious sites. Overall, visitors enjoyed their experiences and expressed a desire to return, highlighting the campground's beautiful location and recreational opportunities.
Review Summary
Jacqueline L
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: A
Love the site but this visit no water available. Host was not too attentive, he had asked us to meet him about obtaining a site and we waited three hours for him (he was napping). Bathroom was out of toilet paper quite often, sites were not as clean as on previous visits. We shall return as we love the campground but hopefully a new host that cares about the campground will be put in that position.
Patrick M
VerifiedAugust 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: B
Great campground. in the heart of Summit County. No hookups, but dump and water station down the road at the Frisco Water Plant. Water spigots in the campground are labeled no RV fill up, so come in with full water tanks.
Doug H
VerifiedAugust 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: A
Nice big pull-through site, very close to restroom and a fresh-water spigot. Easy access to trails, beautiful views of Buffalo Mountain and the Ten Mile Range. Appreciate that the caretaker updates each site if there has been a cancellation. No highway noise!
Jeff R
VerifiedAugust 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: A
Good option for price conscious folks in extremely expensive Summit County. Look, there's not much in the way of shade, but the views make up for it. It's nothing fancy, no showers or anything, but it does the job it does pretty well.
Thomas B
VerifiedAugust 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 105, Loop: E
We were somewhat disappointed with Prospector. Beautiful area, however it was very dusty and noisy. The water was limited to filling jugs and we were unable to fill our water tanks. There was no dump station; we had to use the dump station down at the local municipality which charge $10. The map indicates that there was water next to our site (105) however that had been shut off. There were very few spickets throughout the campground. Would not recommend
Larry C
VerifiedAugust 8, 2024 • Stayed at: 052, Loop: D
Loud noises after midnight and nothing was done about it. Daughter's family left early because of it. Camp hosts were not friendly, didn't speak to anyone that we know of.
Martin T
VerifiedAugust 7, 2024 • Stayed at: 015, Loop: B
Campground host was very helpful and kept bathrooms really clean!
Joshua B
VerifiedAugust 6, 2024 • Stayed at: 080, Loop: D
Site was clean and had good proximity to water and restroom. Very quiet overall (we were there on a weekday though). Good cell service (Verizon). Couple ankle breaker holes at the picnic table could be filled in, but otherwise an overall solid experience.
Deanne K
VerifiedAugust 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 074, Loop: D
Nice basic campground with plenty of space between sites. No electricity, of course and when we were there, the water wasn’t available either restrooms were basic but OK. Good location for access to Silverthorn and Dillon.
Ash M
VerifiedAugust 1, 2024 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: C
I have camped at Dillon Reservoir many times, this last weekend was the first time since the new management took over as camp host. I was treated to a loud party, a camper next to me playing his guitar and wailing until 1Am, and flashlights shinning into my tent. My camp site was dirty, and no sign of the camp host. Very disappointed, I will not return and if you are looking to enjoy peace and the outdoors, this is not a good spot. It's a shame because this use to be a wonderful place to camp.
Location & Directions for Prospector
Dillon Ranger District 680 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne, CO 80498 United States
Elevation: 2,803 ft
Getting There
From I-70, take the Silverthorne exit 205. Travel east on Highway 6,
approximately 4 mi to Swan Mountain Road. Turn right and travel for 2 mi to Prospector and Windy Point Campground sign. Take dirt road 1 mi to campground entrance.
Highway access
Access to Prospector Campground is via I-70, with the Silverthorne exit 205 leading to Highway 6, which is approximately 4 miles from the campground.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
11AM
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.
- Body contact with reservoir prohibited; no swimming, water skiing, jetskiing, or scuba diving in the lake
- Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment, and tires before using lake or trails
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Any accepted senior passes must be entered for the discount at the time of booking for single sites only.
- Click here for more information about White River National Forest
- Campers must occupy the site the first night at a campsite. This prevents booking the site for Fri-Sun and showing up on Saturday.
- 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.
- It 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.
- Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or [email protected]
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