Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail is a 13.4-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Victoria, MN. The route reaches Dragon Fly Pond. It is mostly level, with 245 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85581, -93.65907
Nearest town Victoria, MN
Directions
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Dragon Fly Pond & Baker-Carver Regional Trail
13.4 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 4 hr 35 min
Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve
Trailhead: 44.85581, -93.65907
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SW.
- 2.2 miPass Dragon Fly Pond.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lake Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading NW.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miReach Dragon Fly Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SE.
- 2.5 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 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
99% paved1% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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