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Carver Park Reserve

Wetlands via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Wetlands via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is a 15.3-mile out-and-back in Carver Park Reserve near Victoria, MN. The route reaches Wetlands at the turnaround, 7.7 miles in. It climbs 354 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 44.86039, -93.66116
Nearest town Victoria, MN
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Wetlands via Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

15.3 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 5 hr 17 min

Out & Back · Carver Park Reserve

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail · 44.86039, -93.66116

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  7. 1.9 miTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  10. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  14. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  15. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miPass Wetlands.
  17. 0.2 miReach Wetlands, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  19. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 1.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 1.5 miArrive 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-91ac

Trail surface

94% paved6% gravel

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Bikes allowed on the whole route
  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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