Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

8.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Washing Machine is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Carver Beach, MN. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Old Powers Boulevard 44.88602, -93.54777
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

8.3 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 2 hr 52 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: Old Powers Boulevard · 44.88602, -93.54777

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

  1. Start on Old Powers Boulevard, heading SW.
  2. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  6. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  7. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  18. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading SW.
  19. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  25. 0.3 miBear left, heading W.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  30. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miTurn left, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  33. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  35. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  36. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  37. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  38. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  39. 1.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  40. 100 ftBear right onto Old Powers Boulevard, heading NE.
  41. 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

79% paved16% gravel1% dirt4% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

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