Carver Park Reserve

Big Woods Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

10 mi · ▲ 206 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Big Woods Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Victoria, MN. The route reaches Big Woods Lake at the turnaround, 5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 206 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 44.85892, -93.66883
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Big Woods Lake via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

10 mi · ▲ 206 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail · 44.85892, -93.66883

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

Bikes allowed on the whole route

  1. Start on Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  2. 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  8. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  9. 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 100 ftReach Big Woods Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  16. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

80% paved19% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route

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