Washing Machine
5.9 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Washing Machine is a 5.9-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 149 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Washing Machine
5.9 mi · ▲ 149 ft · 2 hr 2 min
Elevation 945–1,039 ft
Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Trailhead: 44.85858, -93.64668
Weather Sep 23: Overcast, high 70°F / low 48° · precip 0% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:12 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 6:44 PM for the 7:12 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:35 PM — 6 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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