Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

8.7 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Washing Machine is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 249 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85027, -93.64634
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

8.7 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 3 hr 1 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.85027, -93.64634

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 7:00 AM · sunset 7:18 PM

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 96 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  10. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  18. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  19. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  20. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  22. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  23. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  29. 300 ftBear right, heading W.
  30. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  34. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  35. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 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% paved14% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:00 AMSunset 7:18 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 96 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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