Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

8.7 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Washing Machine is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Victoria, MN. It climbs 276 ft and is mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85122, -93.64785
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

8.7 mi · ▲ 276 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.85122, -93.64785

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

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 94 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
  7. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 500 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. 50 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. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  29. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  32. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  34. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  35. 0.1 miTurn left, 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 94 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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