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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
Randall A
VerifiedSeptember 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: C
No water available.
Ian e
VerifiedSeptember 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 054, Loop: D
Great and quiet spot with a limited view of the water. Short walk to trails, bathrooms, and trash, but far enough that you don't have their traffic. Night sky was superb. Tent pad was a little rocky, so bring extra padding if you have it. No shade for most of the day.
Jessica T
VerifiedSeptember 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 107, Loop: E
Clean!
Denise G
VerifiedAugust 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 084, Loop: E
Campground was quiet and in a beautiful setting. The mountains and lake made it a restful and enjoyable place to stay. Well run and clear signage made it easy to find our spots.
Michael S
VerifiedAugust 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 064, Loop: D
We live close by so came here to hang out in Summit County for a couple of days. Had not been to this campground since the beetle infestation, and I was surprised at how well it had recovered. A couple of parties ran their generators constantly, legal but unnecessary and annoying since they seemed to be watching television on a couple of beautiful evenings. We will probably come back but it won't be in the regular rotation.
Sarah V
VerifiedAugust 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: D
Great view, close to the bathroom and trash. Bring your own shade
Cathy C
VerifiedAugust 29, 2023 • Stayed at: 107, Loop: E
great staff, great location, clean, friendly
Wendy N
VerifiedAugust 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: B
The sites are spacious, and many have good lake views. The access road, however, is in horrible shape. We suffered through a mile of washboard surfaces before we got to our campsite. We came for road biking, and the access to the bike path system was a couple of miles away over gravel and potholed pavement.
Melissa L
VerifiedAugust 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: D
I would have said great, but there was no firewood to purchase. We went to multiple camp hosts and finally one said that even the gas stations were out. This is unacceptable! There was plenty of dead trees to cut up, so there was no reason for the shortage. Sadly, people were illegally cutting down wood in the campground.
Elizabeth F
VerifiedAugust 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 064, Loop: D
The site photos need to be updated. The trees have grown and our site as well as some others no longer have the lake views we were expecting. Still a very nice campground though. Nice space and privacy between most sites.
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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