Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail
13.9 mi · ▲ 339 ft · 4 hr 48 min
Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 13.9-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Carver Beach, MN. It climbs 339 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86226, -93.56090
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN
Directions
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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail
13.9 mi · ▲ 339 ft · 4 hr 48 min
Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 44.86226, -93.56090
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 150 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 SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, 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
83% paved15% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 286 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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