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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Hazeltine Lake–East Chaska Creek, 5 lakes

16 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 5 hr 32 min

Hazeltine Lake–East Chaska Creek, 5 lakes is a 16-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. The route passes Hazeltine Lake, West Pond, East Chaska Creek and 2 more before reaching Clayhole Beach at the turnaround, 8 miles in. It climbs 414 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88530, -93.57993
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
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Hazeltine Lake–East Chaska Creek, 5 lakes

16 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 5 hr 32 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.88530, -93.57993

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 1.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miPass Hazeltine Lake.
  13. 0.8 miPass West Pond.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  15. 1.1 miPass East Chaska Creek.
  16. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  18. 300 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  19. 50 ftBear right onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miPass East Chaska Creek.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  22. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 0.9 miPass Clay Hole.
  24. 50 ftPass Clayhole Beach.
  25. 0.1 miReach Hazeltine Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  26. 1 miContinue straight onto Crystal Place West, heading NE.
  27. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 0.1 miSharp left onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading NE.
  29. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  33. 1.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 1.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  35. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NW.
  36. 1.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  38. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  39. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  40. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  41. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  42. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  43. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  44. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hazeltine-lake-east-chaska-creek-out-back-11-lakes-26-km

Trail surface

91% paved8% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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