Dikeside Boating Site
- May–Jun, Sep
- best months
Is Dikeside Boating Site open right now?
Alert in the area
The Forest Service lists 11 alerts for Pike and San Isabel National Forests.
FSR 286, Radical Hill, is closed due to washouts and unsafe conditions
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Interlaken Hotel Tree Hazards
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Sharpe Fire Update
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Turquoise Lake Road (County Road 4) Closure
Agency alert covering Pike and San Isabel National Forests · USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests
Waldo Canyon Burn Area Closure
Agency alert covering Pikes Peak Ranger District · Order 02-12-09-24-07 · USFS · Pikes Peak Ranger District
As of · Source: USFS · Pike and San Isabel National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Dikeside Boating Site is a Forest Service fishing spot in the Pikes Peak Ranger District of the Pike and San Isabel National Forests in Colorado. The land is managed by the Forest Service, and the site sits about a tenth of a mile from Nichols Reservoir and the Backdoor hike, so it pairs easily with time on foot. The site is not reservable. The most comfortable months for a visit run from June through September, when typical averages from the Ruxton Park weather station nearby reach highs of 70°F in June and 74°F in July. July and August also bring the most wet days, about 16 each month. Homestake Fishing Site is about half a mile away, and Thunder Ridge and Meadow Ridge campgrounds are each about a mile and a half off. Climbers can find Ormes Peak roughly 2.3 miles away.
Local outfitters
- Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts20 mi away
Not on Roamze yet. Their page has how to reach them.
Nichols ReservoirHikingPhoto: Glenn Harper from Grapevine, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.1 mi- BackdoorHikingPhoto: Glenn Harper from Grapevine, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)0.2 mi
- Homestake Fishing SiteLake fishing0.6 mi
Thunder RidgeCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain1.3 mi
Meadow RidgeCampingPhoto: Recreation.gov (RIDB) / public domain1.4 mi- Ormes PeakRock climbing2.3 mi
- Nirvana WallRock climbing2.8 mi
Monument CreekCanoeingPhoto: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)5.1 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- Homestake Fishing SiteLake fishing · ~1 min drive
- Guffey Gorge / Paradise CoveRiver fishing · ~43 min drive
- South Platte RiverRiver fishing · ~40 min drive
- Northfield ReservoirLake fishing · ~1 min drive
- South Platte River #13ARiver fishing · ~45 min drive
- Crystal Creek ReservoirLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- Catamount Reservoir SouthLake fishing · ~10 min drive
- North Catamount ReservoirLake fishing · ~12 min drive
- Manitou ReservoirLake fishing · ~13 min drive
- Schryver Park PondLake fishing · ~15 min drive
Also worth it near here
- BackdoorHiking · Next doorPhoto: Glenn Harper from Grapevine, Texas, USA, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Nichols ReservoirMountain biking · Next doorPhoto: jared goss, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Thunder RidgeCamping · ~2 min drive
Blodgett PeakSummit · ~5 min drivePhoto: Thomson200, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Dikeside Boating Site
Best months: May–June and September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
39° / 13°
5 wet
Feb
39° / 14°
6 wet
Mar
45° / 20°
7 wet
Apr
50° / 26°
8 wet
May
59° / 33°
10 wet
Jun
70° / 42°
11 wet
Jul
74° / 46°
16 wet
Aug
72° / 45°
16 wet
Sep
66° / 39°
9 wet
Oct
56° / 30°
6 wet
Nov
46° / 19°
5 wet
Dec
39° / 13°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Ruxton Park, CO, 9.5 mi away at 9,060 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
