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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Big Woods Lake via Washing Machine

4.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Big Woods Lake via Washing Machine is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Hazeltine, MN. The route reaches Big Woods Lake at the turnaround, 2.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86143, -93.57682
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN
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Big Woods Lake via Washing Machine

4.7 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.86143, -93.57682

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

Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 226 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading SW.
  10. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  15. 100 ftReach Big Woods Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  18. 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.1 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/big-woods-lake-big-woods-lake-out-back-8-km-3de4

Trail surface

49% paved46% gravel4% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 226 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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