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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Washing Machine

6.7 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Washing Machine is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 148 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi945 – 1,040 ft7.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85581, -93.65907
Nearest town Victoria, MN
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Washing Machine

6.7 mi · ▲ 148 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 945–1,039 ft

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.85581, -93.65907

Weather Sep 23: sunrise 7:04 AM · sunset 7:12 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  18. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  21. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  24. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 200 ftArrive 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/washing-machine-out-back-11-km-7c8c

Trail surface

89% paved8% gravel2% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:04 AMSunset 7:12 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:52 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:12 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:41 PM.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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