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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 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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- McKnight Lake–Big Woods Lake, 6 lakes 15.7 mi · ▲ 513 ft
- Mitchell Lake–Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Viewpoint, 4 beaches 15.8 mi · ▲ 241 ft
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