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
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Oak Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
- 500 ftReach Spring Peeper Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Ridge Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Maintenance Trail, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Spring Peeper Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 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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