Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

9.1 mi · ▲ 229 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Washing Machine is a 9.1-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 229 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi929 – 1,040 ft10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84340, -93.64108
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

9.1 mi · ▲ 229 ft · 3 hr 9 min

Elevation 928–1,039 ft

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.84340, -93.64108

Weather Sep 26: sunrise 7:07 AM · sunset 7:06 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
  3. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  5. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading E.
  10. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  18. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading SE.
  19. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  20. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  24. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  29. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  30. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  31. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  35. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  37. 450 ftSharp right, heading S.
  38. 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

82% paved13% gravel3% grass1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:07 AMSunset 7:06 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~17 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:06 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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