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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading NW.
- 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 NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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 NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn 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
Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 15.6 mi · ▲ 396 ft
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