Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail
15.9 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail is a 15.9-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Carver Beach, MN. The route reaches Dragon Fly Pond at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 367 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail
15.9 mi · ▲ 367 ft · 5 hr 29 min
Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve
Trailhead: 44.86226, -93.56090
Weather Sep 22: Mostly clear, high 63°F / low 48° · precip 2% · wind 5 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 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.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 350 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 286 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- NE Pond–SE Pond, 4 lakes 16.1 mi · ▲ 665 ft
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 13.9 mi · ▲ 339 ft
- Lake Idlewild–Lake Ann Beach, 3 beaches 14.8 mi · ▲ 243 ft
- Eden Lake–Lake Ann Beach, 3 beaches 15.8 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Rice Lake–Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area Viewpoint, 3 beaches 15.3 mi · ▲ 369 ft
- Washing Machine 4.9 mi · ▲ 194 ft
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