Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 5 hr 26 min
Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 15.7-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 394 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 44.89044, -93.58156
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
Directions
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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail
15.7 mi · ▲ 394 ft · 5 hr 26 min
Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve
Trailhead: 44.89044, -93.58156
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
- 350 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.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.7 miTurn left onto Donahue Drive, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, 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
85% paved14% gravel1% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM
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