Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 5 hr 25 min
Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Excelsior, MN. The route reaches Dragon Fly Pond at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 300 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87155, -93.57022
Nearest town Excelsior, MN
Directions
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Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail
15.8 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 5 hr 25 min
Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve
Trailhead: 44.87155, -93.57022
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 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 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading N.
- 2.2 miReach Dragon Fly Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.2 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
88% paved11% gravel1% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 13.9 mi · ▲ 300 ft
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 14.2 mi · ▲ 253 ft
- Minnesota River–Hazeltine Lake, 5 lakes 15.9 mi · ▲ 330 ft
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 11.7 mi · ▲ 227 ft
- Washing Machine 5.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Washing Machine 4.9 mi · ▲ 161 ft
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