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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Donahue Drive

6.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Donahue Drive is a 6.2-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. It is mostly level, with 164 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.89231, -93.58107
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
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Donahue Drive

6.2 mi · ▲ 164 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.89231, -93.58107

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading S.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  22. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 350 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/donahue-drive-out-back-10-km-8705

Trail surface

89% paved11% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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