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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
Rita R
VerifiedJuly 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 084, Loop: E
We were in Loop E which had generous sites and nice landscaping. Clean vault toilets.
Tim M
VerifiedJuly 27, 2021 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: A
Great campground with beautiful views.
Janie E
VerifiedJuly 26, 2021 • Stayed at: 089, Loop: E
This is a very nice campground with amazing views. There is no running water at this time due to COVID so be prepared to bring your own
Dianna N
VerifiedJuly 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 075, Loop: D
Dianna N
VerifiedJuly 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 075, Loop: D
Dianna N
VerifiedJuly 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 075, Loop: D
Dianna N
VerifiedJuly 24, 2021 • Stayed at: 075, Loop: D
Robert J
VerifiedJuly 23, 2021 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: B
Beautiful site. Nice to have electric and water.
Dmitry L
VerifiedJuly 23, 2021 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: D
The location is perfect. On the shore of Dillon Reservoir in the White Water National Forest. Direct access to the lake for any water activities. The camp is situated off of Swan Mountain Road that connects Keystone and Breckenridge allowing for easy access to these destinations as well as Silverthorne and Dillon for shopping, dining activities, concert events held in Dillon Marina and, say more prosaic things like laundromats or showers ($5 at Silverthorne Rec. Center). There is a bike path looping around Dillon Reservoir and from Breckenridge to Frisco. A lot of hiking trails in the area.
Campsite has well maintained vault toilets. Some tap water. No provision for washing dishes. Sites is large and depending on a site are more or less isolated from each other by some young pine trees. Ground is clean, sandy and does not get muddy when it rains.
Due to altitude the nights could be quite cold. We experienced temps dropping below freezing in mid July. Weather can be unpredictable and subject to abrupt changes.
Kailey D
VerifiedJuly 20, 2021 • Stayed at: 104, Loop: E
This campground is absolutely beautiful. Surrounded by high peaks and right on the reservoir. My only complaint would be that I got an email before my reservation stating that the potable water was still usable by everyone except for RV fill-ups, but to my surprise when I showed up, they had locked all water pumps. I never received an email warning me there wouldn't be any water. Luckily I brought some of my own water and ended up having enough to last, but it was still annoying to rely on something that the campground later took away without notifying me in advance. But this isn't even worth taking away a star for, since everything else was amazing. Even the bathrooms were sooo clean and didn't smell.
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 17, 2026
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