McKnight Lake & Big Woods Lake via Washing Machine
4.8 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 1 hr 39 min
McKnight Lake & Big Woods Lake via Washing Machine is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Hazeltine, MN. The route passes Big Woods Lake and McKnight Lake before reaching McKnight Lake at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It is mostly level, with 115 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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McKnight Lake & Big Woods Lake via Washing Machine
4.8 mi · ▲ 115 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 44.85979, -93.57760
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 57 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading SW.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 100 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.4 miPass Big Woods Lake.
- 150 ftPass McKnight Lake.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miReach McKnight Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
- 450 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
Weather
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Coulter Blv stop 57 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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