Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

9.2 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Washing Machine is a 9.2-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 2/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.85240, -93.65688
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

9.2 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 10 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.85240, -93.65688

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  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. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 500 ftContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  18. 350 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. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  25. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  28. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  29. 350 ftBear right, heading W.
  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. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  36. 0.4 miArrive 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

  • Toilets at the trailhead

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