About Prospector
Number of accommodations: 103
Campground Amenities
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Potable Water
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (448)
What Guests Are Saying
Prospector Campground offers spacious sites with beautiful mountain views and close proximity to Lake Dillon, making it a popular choice for campers. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, helpful camp hosts, and numerous nearby recreational activities like hiking and kayaking. However, some reviews mention challenges such as a lack of potable water, limited shade, and issues with road access and campsite maintenance.
What Guests Are Saying
Prospector Campground offers spacious sites with beautiful mountain views and close proximity to Lake Dillon, making it a popular choice for campers. Visitors appreciate the clean facilities, helpful camp hosts, and numerous nearby recreational activities like hiking and kayaking. However, some reviews mention challenges such as a lack of potable water, limited shade, and issues with road access and campsite maintenance.
Review Summary
Chandler C
VerifiedJune 26, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 043, Loop: C
Great camping spot, ground was a little uneven for my camper but otherwise great spot
Ronald B
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 071, Loop: D
We had a great time and the lake is beautiful this time of year. The campground was full and you could hear the happy sounds of children. Nothing annoying, just people having fun and enjoying the weather and scenery. I'd love to come back.
Nayeli H
VerifiedJune 22, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 056, Loop: D
Beautiful secluded camp spot with a short walk to the lake.
Sydney G
VerifiedJune 17, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 083, Loop: E
We love Prospector Campground! This was our 2nd time back and itβs always been really well maintained. This site is nice, thereβs enough young trees around to provide a buffer from your neighbors but not really to provide shade. We had 3 tents set up for our group and were comfortable.
Daniel N
VerifiedJune 16, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 016, Loop: B
Camping for the first time at Prospector, we had a wonderful time. Our site 016B is a pull through, not perfectly level but easy enough to set up our 25 ft trailer. The site includes a picnic table and fire ring with a grate. Our views of the mountains where amazing and we had the best view for sunsets. The site had plenty of privacy and felt large as it was an open meadow with short pine trees. We enjoyed the trails for easy hikes that are accessible from other loops. This was first weekend in June, so the water was not turned on. The vault toilets were still nearly empty making them very tolerable. The generator hours are early and some rigs started their generators as early as 6:45am and ran them for several hours every morning and evening. We love this area and plan to return.
Kat C
VerifiedJune 16, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 072, Loop: D
So great. Beautiful site with great views. Campfire ring with grill cover was perfect for cooking. Neighbors nearby but still felt private. Also has two dedicated parking spots.
Mary E
VerifiedJune 15, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 077, Loop: D
This is one of our favorite campgrounds. The views are stunning and it is close to Breckinridge and Frisco.
Brian W
VerifiedJune 15, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 098, Loop: E
Excellent campground with great views!
Gregory K
VerifiedJune 14, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 020, Loop: B
This was our second time staying at Prospector Campground and it was just as great a the first time. A bit more crowded that it was the first time but just as quiet and peaceful as ever. Weather threatened to storm daily but each day ended up being nice, partly sunny and windy at times. Nighttime was when the rain came in.
Raymond G
VerifiedJune 13, 2025 β’ Stayed at: 078, Loop: D
from the time I arrived at the site until the time that I left, the staff was both courteous and professional and helpful in every way!
Location Prospector
Address:
Dillon Ranger District 680 Blue River Parkway
Silverthorne, CO, 80498
United States
From I-70, take the Silverthorne exit 205. Travel east on Highway 6,
approximately 4 miles to Swan Mountain Road. Turn right and travel for 2
miles to Prospector and Windy Point Campground sign. Take dirt road 1
mile to campground entrance.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.5958 / -106.034
Elevation: 2803 feet
Policies & Rules
| Category | About |
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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. |
| General |
Body contact with reservoir prohibited; no swimming, water skiing, jetskiing, or scuba diving in the lake |
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Prevent the spread of invasive species by inspecting and cleaning packs, equipment, and tires before using lake or trails |
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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. |
| General |
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. |
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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. |
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Any accepted senior passes must be entered for the discount at the time of booking for single sites only. |
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Click here for more information about White River National Forest |
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Campers must occupy the site the first night at a campsite. This prevents booking the site for Fri-Sun and showing up on Saturday. |
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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. |
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Check in time is 2:00pm and Check out time is 11:00amIt 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. |
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Customer Service Contact 801-226-3564 or Help.WhiteRiver.Dillon@AmericanLL.com |
