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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
SUSAN F
VerifiedJuly 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: B
Beautiful campground with beautiful views. Clean pit toilets.
josh w
VerifiedJuly 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 060, Loop: D
Great location, fantastic views, clean facilities.... what more can one ask for?
Beth H
VerifiedJuly 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 030, Loop: C
The scenery was beautiful. The spot was level. The bathrooms were clean and hosts friendly. Unfortunately shade was hard to come by. In addition, the forest service had recently changed out the fire pit. It was approximately 36" above ground. Very hard if not impossible to cook in the coals. You also couldn't enjoy the flames unless you built a very large fire. We thought the fire pit was dangerous although good intentioned.
Adrian M
VerifiedJuly 17, 2023 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: B
This campground is nice but with all campgrounds people are all consumed with having fires! I get it they like a fire...but the morning air inversion layer on calm mornings makes for a terrible experience for those who do not like or are sensitive to smoke. I really wish that this would be a consideration of those who like fires before they decide to smoke out the entire lake.
Julie J
VerifiedJuly 15, 2023 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: D
Clean bathrooms with plenty of paper. Site 48 was nice and had plenty of space. Camp hosts very friendly and helpful.
Rex P
VerifiedJuly 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: A
Our site was backwards. The picnic table and fire ring were on the opposite side of our trailer door. The vault toilets were a lot closer than they looked like in the picture and the driveway was narrow and short.
Wendy E
VerifiedJuly 11, 2023 • Stayed at: 002, Loop: A
Pretty quiet for a holiday camping trip! Host was basically non-existent…never came & checked in to confirm our reservation line they’ve done in the past. Weeds around picnic table should be attended to! (Site2). Site 2 still has the old wooden picnic table while other sites have the new metal ones.
Madison L
VerifiedJuly 9, 2023 • Stayed at: 063, Loop: D
Great campsite and close to a trail to the lake. Not a ton of shade but overall a great spot with amazing views
James L
VerifiedJuly 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: A
Wonderful picturesque campsite. Hosts were welcoming and always available. Sites were clean andcspacious. Will definately becreturnibg.
Alexander K
VerifiedJuly 4, 2023 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: C
The location is killer and the hike down to the lake is easy. The bathrooms are clean and plentiful. As noted, there are no hookups, however the map shows water fills throughout. The reality is that the water fills cannot be used to fill your RV/Trailer. Please ensure that you fill your water tanks prior to getting to the campground!
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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