Edenbrook Conservation Area Viewpoint & Riley Lake Park Beach via Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail
7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Edenbrook Conservation Area Viewpoint & Riley Lake Park Beach via Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail is a 7-mile out-and-back in Edenbrook Conservation Area near Chanhassen, MN. The route passes Riley Lake Park Beach before reaching Edenbrook Conservation Area Viewpoint at the turnaround, 3.5 miles in. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Edenbrook Conservation Area Viewpoint & Riley Lake Park Beach via Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail
7 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 2 hr 22 min
Out & Back · Edenbrook Conservation Area
Trailhead: 44.83778, -93.50832
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Riley Lake Park Beach.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftReach Edenbrook Conservation Area Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 1.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 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
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Riley Lake Park Beach & Purgatory Park Trail 11.7 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Lake Riley–Lake Susan Preserve Beach, 4 beaches 10.6 mi · ▲ 303 ft
- Lake Minnewashta–Lake Riley, 9 lakes 15.8 mi · ▲ 422 ft
- Shady Oak Lake–Shady Oak Beach, 3 beaches 16.1 mi · ▲ 191 ft
- Minnesota River–Lake Riley, 5 lakes 13.3 mi · ▲ 217 ft
- Eden Lake–Welch Lake, 3 lakes 9.8 mi · ▲ 308 ft
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