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
- Start on Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 100 ftReach Big Woods Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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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