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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

14.2 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 14.2-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Excelsior, MN. It climbs 253 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87375, -93.57040
Nearest town Excelsior, MN
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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

14.2 mi · ▲ 253 ft · 4 hr 52 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.87375, -93.57040

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  21. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  22. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 1.6 miBear right, heading W.
  24. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  29. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  30. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  31. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  32. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  33. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  36. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  38. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  39. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  40. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
  41. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  42. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  43. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  44. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  45. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  46. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  47. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  48. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  50. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  51. 100 ftTurn right, heading E.
  52. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  53. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  54. 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  55. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  57. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  58. 450 ftTurn left, heading N.
  59. 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-23-km-192a

Trail surface

81% paved15% gravel1% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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