Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

9 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Hazeltine, MN. It climbs 277 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85477, -93.58342
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

9 mi · ▲ 277 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.85477, -93.58342

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 681 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  6. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  7. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  15. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  17. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  23. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  24. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.9 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 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

72% paved27% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 681 m from the trailhead

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