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Round Lake Beach via Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail

13 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Round Lake Beach via Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back near Chanhassen, MN. The route reaches Round Lake Beach. It climbs 276 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86244, -93.54298
Nearest town Chanhassen, MN
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Round Lake Beach via Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail

13 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 4 hr 28 min

Out & Back

Trailhead: 44.86244, -93.54298

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

Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 296 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 400 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 1.6 miPass Round Lake Beach.
  6. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 1.6 miSharp right onto Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail, heading E.
  11. 1.2 miReach Round Lake Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.2 miSharp left, heading N.
  13. 1.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
  14. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  17. 1.7 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 400 ftSharp left, heading W.
  19. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  20. 0.4 miArrive 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/round-lake-beach-out-back-21-km-ef88

Trail surface

80% paved18% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: 78 St W (N) stop 296 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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