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Fishing
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2026 Season availability
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Water and Hygiene
- 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
Kristen L
VerifiedJune 5, 2024 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: B
Excellent views, nice sites.
Victoria Q
VerifiedOctober 16, 2023 • 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 • 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.
Denise B
VerifiedOctober 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: A
Campground was very well kept.
Niki Y
VerifiedSeptember 17, 2023 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: B
This was way better than expected- close hike along lake, No highway noise, super clean restrooms, and trees have grown. We only wish that there was a system for renting out the no shows.
MICHAEL S
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2023 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: C
Camp hosts off duty according to their sign for a couple of days at a time with no secondary hosts around. Camp sites not policed with small rock campfire rings left on burned tree stumps. Logs too big for the campfire rings but too small for anything else left lying around in the empty campsites. Bathrooms unattended then the maintenance card backdated to look like the hosts had cleaned it. I guess the quality was just less than I was used to there, and I have stayed there several times.
Alison B
VerifiedSeptember 10, 2023 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: A
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Juergen S
VerifiedSeptember 8, 2023 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: B
Very nice, no frills, campground in beautiful scenery. Unfortunately, the large pull-through sites for bigger rigs are not at all level, it is impossible to level with the leveling system
RONALD M
VerifiedSeptember 7, 2023 • Stayed at: 100, Loop: E
We loved the young trees and the views.
Lorian K
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 053, Loop: D
Beautiful views, well kept facilities
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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Last updated: October 20, 2026
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