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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
Claire R
VerifiedAugust 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 053, Loop: D
Overall we enjoyed this campground…nice trails on the lake and well maintained grounds. Two improvements would be to let people know that the hose bibs for RV fill potable water are locked, and not available for use; and that tent campers are mixed in with RV campers (not separated in different loops) which leads to significantly more outside noise. We had a good view of the lake from our campsite, and we loved the proximity to the Summit area.
Nancy P
VerifiedAugust 17, 2023 • Stayed at: 107, Loop: E
Overall nice campground. Wish they would work on the road going into the campground. Very rough and full of pot holes and "washboard".
robert c
VerifiedAugust 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: B
Great camp site
David N
VerifiedAugust 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: C
We love this campground! Of course it is ‘dry camping’ and several miles from a dump station, but the sites are spacious and lovely. It’s a short walk to the Dillon reservoir and Loop D has some nice lake view sites. The campground is close to several towns and ski resorts, all connected by a great (mostly) paved trail network.
Paul W
VerifiedAugust 8, 2023 • Stayed at: 098, Loop: E
Clean facilities and great views. Wish they had water for RV fill-up.
Anna S
VerifiedAugust 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: C
We had a lovely 3 night stay in Loop C at the end of July 2023. It was relaxing and clean camping experience! We got there after check in and our site had a parking pass along with our name on the site. We unloaded and were all set to dive into the trip. The bathrooms were cleaned daily (ie. no spiders or overflowing garbage in the stalls) and never even smelt. There is a water spigot in each loop and no showers as said online. The campsite as a whole was pretty quiet and relaxing. Great view and the perfect driving distance from so many trails and the towns of Dillion, Silverthorne, and even Breckenridge. Highly recommend!
Cathy C
VerifiedAugust 4, 2023 • Stayed at: 079, Loop: D
Excellent hosts, awesome location, very clean, great spot!
Adrian K
VerifiedAugust 4, 2023 • Stayed at: 042, Loop: C
Clean beautiful and quiet site. Toilets were impeccably clean and odor free. It was our first-time dry camping though recreation.gov and we will definitely be back.
Melissa F
VerifiedAugust 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: A
I’m not used to such exposed campsites! More RVers than tent campers. Bathrooms were clean and stocked and the campsite was clean too, but I prefer more trees and privacy so I wouldn’t choose to camp here again.
Kristen A
VerifiedJuly 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 102, Loop: E
The photos don’t do it justice- this campsite and campground was gorgeous! The boats were very friendly as well. Highly recommend!
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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