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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miPass Lake Minnewashta.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Woodlands Loop, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Lake Minnewashta, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 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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- Washing Machine 8.9 mi · ▲ 201 ft
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