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Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

8 mi · ▲ 177 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Minnesota Landscape Arboretum near Hazeltine, MN. It is mostly level, with 177 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85727, -93.59216
Nearest town Hazeltine, MN
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Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail

8 mi · ▲ 177 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Out & Back · Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Trailhead: 44.85727, -93.59216

Weather Sep 22: Mostly clear, high 63°F / low 48° · precip 2% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: Corporate Place stop 446 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 350 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  7. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 1 miTurn left onto Lake Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail, heading N.
  16. 300 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 250 ftTurn right, heading N.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  23. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  24. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  25. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  30. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/washing-machine-out-back-12-km-adc0

Trail surface

81% paved17% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Mostly clearTemperature 63°F48°
Feels like44°Precip2%Wind7 mphUV5Humidity76%
Rained 0.6″ 4 days ago (0.7″ over the last week)
Hourly temperature
65°45°
Sunrise 7:02 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:14 PM
Wed 63°49°
Thu 60°56° 51%
Fri 68°57° 23%
Sat 64°59° 54%
Sun 72°59° 23%
Mon 76°59° 26%

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Corporate Place stop 446 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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