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Carver Park Reserve

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 396 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 15.6-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Shorewood, MN. It climbs 396 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi945 – 1,060 ft16.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.88690, -93.57852
Nearest town Shorewood, MN
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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

15.6 mi · ▲ 396 ft · 5 hr 24 min

Elevation 945–1,060 ft

Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve

Trailhead: 44.88690, -93.57852

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 350 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.7 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. 0.7 miTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 300 ftTurn 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lake-minnetonka-lrt-regional-trail-out-back-25-km-8c00

Trail surface

85% paved14% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:03 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:41 PM.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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