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Big Willow Park

Minnehaha Creek–Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, 3 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 3 hr 45 min

Minnehaha Creek–Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, 3 sights is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Big Willow Park near Deephaven, MN. The route reaches Minnehaha Creek at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It is mostly level, with 109 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 44.92405, -93.52591
Nearest town Deephaven, MN
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Minnehaha Creek–Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, 3 sights

11.1 mi · ▲ 109 ft · 3 hr 45 min

Out & Back · Big Willow Park

Trailhead: Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail · 44.92405, -93.52591

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:15 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftBear left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
  3. 3 miBear right onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, heading E.
  4. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
  5. 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
  6. 1.2 miContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, heading E.
  7. 0.4 miBear left onto Minnetonka Loop Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.1 miReach Minnehaha Creek, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.9 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading W.
  16. 1 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 250 ftContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trai, heading W.
  18. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading W.
  19. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  20. 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/minnehaha-creek-out-back

Trail surface

71% gravel27% paved2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:15 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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