 Idledale is located at (39.665971,-105.244045) on the north side of Bear Creek.Colorado State Highway 74 passes through the community as it traverses Bear Creek Canyon; to the east, the highway is known as Bear Creek Canyon Scenic Mountain Drive and leads downstream to Morrison; to the west the highway leads up the canyon the same distance to Kittredge.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Idledale CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land.