Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

10.1 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Washing Machine is a 10.1-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 44.84706, -93.65360
Nearest town Victoria, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

10.1 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.84706, -93.65360

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

Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 708 m from the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
  4. 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 0.9 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  9. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  10. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  11. 450 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  16. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  17. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
  21. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  22. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  26. 100 ftBear right, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  28. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  31. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
  32. 300 ftBear right, heading S.
  33. 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
  34. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  35. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  37. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  38. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  39. 0.1 miSharp left, heading SW.
  40. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  41. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  42. 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

86% paved12% gravel1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Kochia Lane stop 708 m from the trailhead

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