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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

13.9 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 4 hr 47 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Excelsior, MN. It climbs 300 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87155, -93.57022
Nearest town Excelsior, MN
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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

13.9 mi · ▲ 300 ft · 4 hr 47 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.87155, -93.57022

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  28. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  29. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  30. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  31. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  32. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  37. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  38. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  39. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
  40. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  42. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  44. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  45. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  46. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  47. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  48. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  49. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  50. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  51. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  52. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  53. 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  54. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  55. 50 ftBear right, heading E.
  56. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  57. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-minnetonka-lrt-regional-trail-out-back-22-km-9e2a

Trail surface

83% paved16% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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