Carver Park Reserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 417 ft · 5 hr 25 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 417 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi945 – 1,053 ft16.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88530, -93.57993
Nearest town Shorewood, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 417 ft · 5 hr 25 min

Elevation 945–1,052 ft

Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve

Trailhead: 44.88530, -93.57993

Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:03 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading NW.
  12. 350 ftBear right, heading SW.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 1.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
  24. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  30. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  31. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading SE.
  32. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  37. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  38. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  39. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 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 7:03 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~15 min). Leave by 6:36 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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