Carver Park Reserve

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NE.
  5. 0.9 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  6. 300 ftTurn right onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SW.
  7. 2.2 miPass Dragon Fly Pond.
  8. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lake Trail, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading NW.
  10. 1.2 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 1.4 miReach Dragon Fly Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 1.4 miBear right, heading SE.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  15. 1.2 miBear right onto Lake Trail, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftContinue straight onto Baker-Carver Regional Trail, heading SE.
  17. 2.5 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
  18. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 0.9 miSharp right, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 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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