Donahue Drive
5.8 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Donahue Drive is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. It is mostly level, with 245 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Donahue Drive
5.8 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 2 hr 3 min
Elevation 953–1,046 ft
Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 44.88845, -93.58150
Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 6:49 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:29 PM — 12 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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