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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive 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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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.
More from this trailhead
- Washing Machine 9.1 mi · ▲ 229 ft
- Washing Machine 9.1 mi · ▲ 202 ft
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 6.8 mi · ▲ 80 ft
- Washing Machine 6 mi · ▲ 176 ft
- Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail 4.4 mi · ▲ 53 ft
- Skull Loop 4.4 mi · ▲ 109 ft
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