Lake Minnewashta Regional Park

Lake Minnewashta & Woodlands Loop

11.3 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Lake Minnewashta & Woodlands Loop is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Lake Minnewashta Regional Park near Victoria, MN. The route reaches Lake Minnewashta. It climbs 336 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84944, -93.64824
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Lake Minnewashta & Woodlands Loop

11.3 mi · ▲ 336 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Out & Back · Lake Minnewashta Regional Park

Trailhead: 44.84944, -93.64824

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 222 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
  14. 0.3 miPass Lake Minnewashta.
  15. 350 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodlands Loop, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miReach Lake Minnewashta, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  18. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
  25. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  26. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  29. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  31. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  32. 450 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

83% paved11% gravel6% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 222 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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