Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

13 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 312 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86990, -93.57750
Nearest town Shorewood, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

13 mi · ▲ 312 ft · 4 hr 29 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.86990, -93.57750

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

Transit-accessible: Galpin Blvd stop 573 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading SW.
  15. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  16. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  17. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  18. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  23. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  24. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  25. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  27. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  30. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  33. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  34. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  35. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  39. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  40. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  41. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  42. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  44. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  45. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  46. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  47. 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

82% paved17% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Galpin Blvd stop 573 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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