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105 total sitesAbout Prospector
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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
Walt H
VerifiedOctober 7, 2022 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: A
First time in Prospector after many times in the Dillion area. I loved the campground and area. Spacious, clean, minimal lites for night sky viewing, and quiet. I will be back in the near future.
Kyleen R
VerifiedOctober 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 049, Loop: D
The cleanest restrooms I have yet to see! Spacious campsites with some trees/shades. A trail down to the lake for incredible views. Convenient location, great family campsite.
Donna B
VerifiedOctober 2, 2022 • Stayed at: 106, Loop: E
Beautiful campground and the camp host is wonderful. There was no water though.
Katie S
VerifiedOctober 2, 2022 • Stayed at: 068, Loop: D
Great site with beautiful views. Location is perfect between Breck, Frisco, and Dillion. Definitely reserve ahead of time.
Natasha S
VerifiedOctober 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 099, Loop: E
Overall my family and I had a very good experience at Prospector Campgrounds. Views from our site were beautiful, our site was well kept and had the ammenities expected, the vault commodes were some of the cleanest and well maintained I've had to use.
My only complaints would be how close the site are to each other and that there werent stated "quiet hours" (shouldn't need them, but people can be, unfortunately, rude) we stayed a Thursday night and Friday night; when all the other campers showed up Friday we were so close to our neighbors we could hear entire drunken conversations into the late hours. Unfortunately, it took away from our serene surroundings that we had so enjoyed the night before. Spacing out the sites more might be an easy fix for noise on busy weekends.
It's a perfect campsite for midweek or off season, just be prepared for it to be busy on a nice weekend.
Daryl M
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2022 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: C
Overall, the advantages of this campground are the fantastic views of the surrounding area mountains and proximity to several great mountain towns. The pull-through site we had was easy to level our RV. In general, we like this campground better than Lowry (nearly across the highway). If you want a good place to camp with easy access to Keystone, Dillon, Silverthorne, Frisco and Breckenridge, it's hard to beat.
Lisa M
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2022 • Stayed at: 012, Loop: A
I love Prospector campground. Have been coming for years. Nice sites. A bit busy on weekends, but is close to Denver, and such a nice place, so makes sense.
Marissa R
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2022 • Stayed at: 011, Loop: A
Incredible mountain and lake views, large campsites with lots of trees, and the cleanest vault toilets I’ve ever experienced! Such a beautiful natural area to enjoy while being close to Dillon, Frisco, and Breckinridge for conveniences and other fun.
Debbie V
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2022 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: B
10 days in site 14 - we will surely try to reserve this site again next year. The views are great and there are small pines between you and the next site over. There is plenty of space between this site and the next loop too. The campground hosts are efficient and seems they are always tending to the rest rooms and managing the high turnover of the camp sites. We ate out many times during this trip, here are our suggestions: Cofa @ the cove (coffee, bagles, etc); Last Chance Pizza - also in the cove. Blue Market in Silverthorne, tried the Empanadas, Crepes (Savory & Sweet) and the fish tacos.
Michael B
VerifiedSeptember 22, 2022 • Stayed at: 039, Loop: C
For me, the major asset for Prospector is that it is "away". Away from any towns, traffic, noise, and people. The views I received when I stepped out of my RV were spectacular. The beauty didn't just last during daylight hours either. Being that you're distanced from any commerce, there isn't any invasions of extraneous light which enable the night sky to seemingly explode with brilliant stars. I was on an eight day travel vacation, staying in a different location each evening, and I must say, without question, Prospector Campground was by far my favorite out of the eight.
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