Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

10.6 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 10.6-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. It is mostly level, with 227 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86896, -93.57952
Nearest town Shorewood, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

10.6 mi · ▲ 227 ft · 3 hr 39 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.86896, -93.57952

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

Transit-accessible: Galpin Blvd stop 463 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading SW.
  13. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  18. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  22. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  32. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  36. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  37. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  38. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  41. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  42. 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

86% paved13% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Galpin Blvd stop 463 m from the trailhead

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