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. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  17. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  21. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  27. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  28. 1.7 miBear right, heading W.
  29. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  30. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  31. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SW.
  32. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  33. 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

85% paved14% gravel1% dirt

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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