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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
Neil S
VerifiedJuly 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: C
Meh
Kenneth L
VerifiedJuly 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 085, Loop: E
Sites spaced well apart on Loop E. Awesome views of Colorado peaks.
Mark H
VerifiedJuly 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: C
Perfect location for every activity!
LISA W
VerifiedJuly 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 076, Loop: D
fantastic beauty all around, and the campground is great!
Lisa M
VerifiedJuly 27, 2023 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: A
I love, love, love Prospector Campground. For many years it has been a favorite camping spot.
Timothy H
VerifiedJuly 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 032, Loop: C
Reservation was easy. Site was ready when I got there including a vehicle parking pass. Sites were far enough apart and had some trees between them, so they were relatively private and spacious. Vault toilets were clean and stocked with toilet paper. A public dump station was only a couple of miles away. Good experience.
Glenn S
VerifiedJuly 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 061, Loop: D
We stayed one night at Prospector on the D loop in our small motorhome. The pad area was just big enough for our rig but the site size (picnic table and fire ring) was huge and the sites had plenty of space between them. Prospector is in a great location for visiting Dillon and Frisco and area, including the biking trails. We also enjoyed the hike right from the campground through the meadow and down around the lake. We would definitely stay there again.
Malia Y
VerifiedJuly 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: B
Nice and large campsite (21B) with 3 possible tent sites to choose from. Close to restrooms that were impeccably clean every time we went. Spent an afternoon renting a canoe at Frisco marina and grabbing food in Dillon. This campground is close to town but far enough away to feel remote. We will definitely return! It’s fantastic! Loop B is not on the lake, but there’s a short hike down to it if you want to go explore. Only complaint is that other campers were noisy past “quiet hours”.
George K
VerifiedJuly 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 039, Loop: C
noisy, many campsites had 4 cars and loads of people, quiet hours not observed, people cranking stereos, this campground has nothing to do with camping, it's a big party
Wes S
VerifiedJuly 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 095, Loop: E
Great location. Love to see the trees get taller each year.
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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