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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Arboretum Apple House & Lake Susan Preserve Beach via Washing Machine

15.4 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 5 hr 19 min

Arboretum Apple House & Lake Susan Preserve Beach via Washing Machine is a 15.4-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Chanhassen, MN. The route passes Lake Susan Preserve Beach before reaching Arboretum Apple House at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 365 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85797, -93.53665
Nearest town Chanhassen, MN
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Arboretum Apple House & Lake Susan Preserve Beach via Washing Machine

15.4 mi · ▲ 365 ft · 5 hr 19 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.85797, -93.53665

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 400 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miPass Lake Susan Preserve Beach.
  4. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  6. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  17. 100 ftBear right, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  22. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  23. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  24. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  29. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  32. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 0.3 miReach Arboretum Apple House, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  34. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  35. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  39. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  41. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  42. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  43. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  44. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  45. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  46. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  47. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  48. 100 ftBear right, heading NE.
  49. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  50. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  51. 500 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NE.
  52. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  53. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  54. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  55. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  56. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  57. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  58. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  59. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  60. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  61. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  62. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  63. 50 ftArrive 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/arboretum-apple-house-lake-susan-preserve-beach-out-back-25-km-e57d

Trail surface

89% paved8% gravel1% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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