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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 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.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 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 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Hazeltine Lake–Chaska Lake, 7 lakes 15.8 mi · ▲ 363 ft
- 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
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 13.1 mi · ▲ 253 ft
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