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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
Lisa H
VerifiedJune 10, 2022 • Stayed at: 062, Loop: D
Awesome campsite. So much fun I made reservations for the fall. One issue was it was difficult using the reservation system. It took me several tries to get 2 days. It only wanted to give me one even though I selected two consecutive open days. It is not obvious how I finally got it, but I did and will be back.
Emily A
VerifiedOctober 9, 2021 • Stayed at: 063, Loop: D
The campsite was great, plenty of room between groups so you have some privacy. The views are gorgeous with a nice little hiking path down to the water. Definitely will be staying again!
Andrea F
VerifiedOctober 7, 2021 • Stayed at: 063, Loop: D
This campground never disappoints. It’s beautiful with nearby hikes and a short walk to the lake for paddle boarding or fishing.
Casey L
VerifiedOctober 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 066, Loop: D
Beautiful views!!!! Located right in the heart of our favorites areas in colorado. Frisco only miles away which is a great place to spend a day. Only a short drive to vail and some great restaurants and breweries. This is a must stay spot! Great campsites, and very clean restrooms.
Derek H
VerifiedOctober 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 058, Loop: D
Beautiful campsite with friendly hosts, got a spot overlooking the water and woke up to pure glory through the window of our freshly converted van. 💗
Thomas A
VerifiedOctober 2, 2021 • Stayed at: 041, Loop: C
Great campground with easy lake access
Kyle R
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2021 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: A
Great loaction and great camp host
Floyd D
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2021 • Stayed at: 027, Loop: B
Nice campground with many good sites with a good view. However, a frowning, grumpy park ranger came to our campsite, marched through it, looked through the woods behind us like he was looking for contraband, and then left. As he was stomping back through our site, I said "Hi" and he just grunted back. We are retirees and certainly not doing anything wrong. We sure didn't feel welcome. We have found that Colorado parks typically have great staff, so this was a disappointing exception.
matt H
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2021 • Stayed at: 055, Loop: D
It was a short stay but we will be back. They are fairly private sites and overall it was very quiet. We were directly facing the lake so there was just a touch of road noise from across the lake... Nothing a little music or a crackling fire didn't cover up.
Katherine R
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: D
Really nice and super attentive host. Really nice sites, and the cleanest pit toilet you’ve ever seen!!
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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