Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

9.5 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Washing Machine is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 201 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.84912, -93.65306
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

9.5 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 16 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.84912, -93.65306

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 551 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  7. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading NE.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  15. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  17. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  18. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  20. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  24. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  28. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  29. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  30. 1.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  31. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 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% paved13% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 551 m from the trailhead

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