Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 370 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88690, -93.57852
Nearest town Shorewood, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

13.1 mi · ▲ 370 ft · 4 hr 33 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.88690, -93.57852

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  21. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  23. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  28. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  29. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  31. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  33. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  36. 0.9 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
  40. 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

88% paved10% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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