Carver Park Reserve

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  3. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  4. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Donahue Drive, heading SW.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 0.6 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. 350 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. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  32. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  33. 500 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. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  39. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  41. 0.7 miTurn left onto Donahue Drive, heading NE.
  42. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  43. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  44. 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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