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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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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