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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
James L
VerifiedJuly 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: C
Once you get to the campground all was good for us BUT the 1/2 mi is washboard disaster !!
Alesandra R
VerifiedJuly 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 034, Loop: C
The place was amazing! We explored and adventured, perfect for kids! So close to the town of Frisco, and great hiking from the camp site to the reservoir! Can't wait to be back :)
Abigail A
VerifiedJuly 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: B
Beautiful location. Any site is good.
James R
VerifiedJuly 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: D
The campsite was amazing!! I will definitely go back.
Van V
VerifiedJuly 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 064, Loop: D
Love this campground with beautiful views and convenient to town but no way to fill with water and no rv dump. Camp host minimally involved. Other campers hooting & hollering after midnight.
Debbie K
VerifiedJuly 25, 2022 • Stayed at: 032, Loop: C
Gorgeous, well-maintained campsite, and there were absolutely zero mosquitoes--miraculous! It's a little exposed, as most of the trees are young, but it was cloudy on our weekend, so it worked out. Otherwise, you might want a canopy of some sort. It's within a 15-minute drive to the Dillon Res put-in for man-powered crafts, which is even more beautiful! Be sure to bring your lifejackets, they patrol. We'll definitely be back.
Brent R
VerifiedJuly 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 093, Loop: E
A fair amount of the sites had way too many people at them. The extra cars were sticking out into the road. The partying kept my wife and I up well into the early morning. This also made for some overused restrooms. I’m not sure how peoples waste ended up where it did. Yuk. The views were nice though.
robert S
VerifiedJuly 24, 2022 • Stayed at: 051, Loop: D
Spacious sites, some close to Lake Dillon, great views of the 10 mi range, and close to many adventures, supplies.
Troy R
VerifiedJuly 16, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: B
Camp host was awesome. Very helpful
Jon M
VerifiedJuly 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 043, Loop: C
Stayed in C loop for one night. Pretty heavily forested and decent privacy. Could not see the lake from this loop
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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