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Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Rainwater Runoff Model–Arboretum Apple House, 3 sights

15.8 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Rainwater Runoff Model–Arboretum Apple House, 3 sights is a 15.8-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Chanhassen, MN. The route passes Lake Ann Beach and Arboretum Apple House before reaching Rainwater Runoff Model at the turnaround, 7.9 miles in. It climbs 332 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86254, -93.54172
Nearest town Chanhassen, MN
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Rainwater Runoff Model–Arboretum Apple House, 3 sights

15.8 mi · ▲ 332 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.86254, -93.54172

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

Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 387 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 0.6 miPass Lake Ann Beach.
  5. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading NW.
  11. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  17. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 500 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  19. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  21. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  22. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 0.1 miPass Arboretum Apple House.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  30. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  32. 200 ftReach Rainwater Runoff Model, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  33. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  34. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  35. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  38. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  39. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  43. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  44. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  45. 1.7 miTurn left, heading SE.
  46. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  47. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  48. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  49. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  50. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  51. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  52. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  54. 500 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading N.
  55. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  56. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  57. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  58. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  59. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  60. 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-susan-preserve-beach-out-back

Trail surface

88% paved8% gravel2% boardwalk1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 387 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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