Carver Park Reserve

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  29. 250 ftTurn right onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading N.
  30. 2.2 miReach Dragon Fly Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 2.2 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
  32. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  38. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  39. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
  41. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  44. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  45. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  46. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  47. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  48. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  50. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  51. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  52. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  53. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  54. 350 ftSharp right, heading E.
  55. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  56. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  57. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  58. 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

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