Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

11.2 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Excelsior, MN. It is mostly level, with 231 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87151, -93.57266
Nearest town Excelsior, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

11.2 mi · ▲ 231 ft · 3 hr 51 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.87151, -93.57266

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  5. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading NW.
  19. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  20. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  21. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  22. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  28. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  29. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  30. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  31. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  33. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  36. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  41. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  42. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  43. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  44. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  45. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  46. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  47. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  48. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  49. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  50. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  51. 350 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  52. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  53. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  54. 100 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

87% paved12% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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