Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Oak Trail & Spring Peeper Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Oak Trail & Spring Peeper Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Shorewood, MN. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86990, -93.57750
Nearest town Shorewood, MN

Directions

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Oak Trail & Spring Peeper Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 1 hr 42 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.86990, -93.57750

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

Transit-accessible: Galpin Blvd stop 573 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
  17. 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  19. 500 ftReach Spring Peeper Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  20. 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
  21. 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
  22. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  29. 100 ftBear right, heading N.
  30. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  31. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  33. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  35. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  36. 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 surface

55% paved16% dirt14% gravel11% grass3% boardwalk1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Galpin Blvd stop 573 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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