AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Carver Park Reserve

1–2, 4 viewpoints

16.1 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 5 hr 35 min

1–2, 4 viewpoints is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Victoria, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach, 8 and 2 before reaching 1 at the turnaround, 8.1 miles in. It climbs 440 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86110, -93.66074
Nearest town Victoria, MN
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1–2, 4 viewpoints

16.1 mi · ▲ 440 ft · 5 hr 35 min

Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve

Trailhead: 44.86110, -93.66074

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 350 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading NE.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading SE.
  21. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  22. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.2 miPass Lake Ann Beach.
  24. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  25. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 350 ftSharp left, heading N.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  29. 50 ftPass 8.
  30. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  31. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  32. 50 ftPass 2.
  33. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  37. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  38. 50 ftReach 1, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  39. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  41. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  42. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  43. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  44. 450 ftBear right, heading N.
  45. 100 ftTurn right, heading N.
  46. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  47. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  48. 400 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  49. 0.5 miTurn right, heading NW.
  50. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  51. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  52. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  54. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  55. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  56. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  57. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  58. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  59. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  60. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  61. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  62. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  63. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  64. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  65. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  66. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
  67. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  68. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  69. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading W.
  70. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/1-2-out-back-4-viewpoints

Trail surface

83% paved13% gravel3% grass1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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