Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Carver Beach, MN. The route reaches Lake Ann Beach. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail
4.9 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 1 hr 40 min
Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 44.86348, -93.55627
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:17 PM
Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 624 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lake Ann Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach Lake Ann Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, 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.
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Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 624 m from the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail 4 mi · ▲ 134 ft
- Bluff Creek & Lake Ann Beach via Bluff Creek Local Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Lake Lucy & Lake Ann Beach 4.6 mi · ▲ 81 ft
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