Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Washing Machine

6 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Washing Machine is a 6-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 176 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 6/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi945 – 1,040 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84340, -93.64108
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

6 mi · ▲ 176 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 945–1,039 ft

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.84340, -93.64108

Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  14. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  15. 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  20. 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
  21. 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

84% paved9% gravel4% grass2% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:06 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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