Washing Machine
9.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Washing Machine is a 9.8-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 44.85581, -93.65907
Nearest town Victoria, MN
Directions
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Washing Machine
9.8 mi · ▲ 201 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve
Trailhead: 44.85581, -93.65907
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:01 AM · sunset 7:16 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
- 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftBear left, heading E.
- 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading S.
- 300 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 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
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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