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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
Stephanie S
VerifiedJuly 7, 2021 • Stayed at: 063, Loop: D
Prospector campground never disappoints! The campsites are all very well maintained and clean when we arrive. The bathrooms are immaculate for a campground, never smell, and are always stocked well. The location couldn’t be better with walking access to Dillon Reservoir. Always a please staying here!
Michael M
VerifiedJuly 7, 2021 • Stayed at: 059, Loop: D
I enjoy this campground. Nice views, space, and apart from town.
carriann j
VerifiedJuly 6, 2021 • Stayed at: 034, Loop: C
Amazing campground with postcard picture Views! We felt it was a little pricey for no hook upsbut what it lacked there, it made up for in the beauty. The camping spots are far enough apart as well so you don’t feel like you are on top of your neighbor. We will definitely return!
Chris C
VerifiedJuly 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 082, Loop: E
Beautiful views and easy access to all Dillon has to offer. I would have given a higher rating, but we weren't allowed to use the campground water to fill our camper fresh water tank. This is one of the primary reasons we pay to stay at a campground. We consider this part of what we are paying for. Restricting access due to a drought is not acceptable. A good business would never charge you for something and then change the terms of the agreement.
Ken B
VerifiedJuly 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: C
No RV water and you still charge us the same amount? Not a good experience. Now I know why I dry camp!
Rebecca K
VerifiedJuly 4, 2021 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: D
Lovely campground. Bathrooms impeccably clean. We had one of the worst sites but would still go back, especially now that we noted the best sites!
Jaimie E
VerifiedJuly 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 101, Loop: E
graciously spaciously campsites, clean bathrooms, quiet campers, access to amazing hikes (& amazing pizza, at piante in breck)--what more could you ask for?
John P
VerifiedJuly 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 094, Loop: E
Very good for a dry camping experience
Holly A
VerifiedJune 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 050, Loop: D
We love this campground! Beautiful views, large sites, right on the water. We bring our kayaks and put in right behind our site. Clean bathrooms. The hosts are delightful and have a self-serve station to by firewood ($7/bundle).
Rebecca V
VerifiedJune 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 048, Loop: D
I can't believe I've never been here before. This was a gem of a find and we will be back. I love that it's far enough from town to feel like real camping (at least as far as campgrounds go), but close enough we could pick up a pizza to go from town and not have to cook one night! Bike paths and hiking trails right from the campgrounds. The hosts were super great and the kids had a blast running around in the forest and digging in the dirt.
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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