Chanhassen Nature Preserve

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  14. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  17. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  22. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  23. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  25. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  26. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  32. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  38. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  39. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  40. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  42. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  43. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  44. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  45. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  46. 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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