Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

9.7 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 3 hr 19 min

Washing Machine is a 9.7-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Victoria, MN. It is mostly level, with 175 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

9.7 mi · ▲ 175 ft · 3 hr 19 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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 0.2 miBear right, heading SE.
  5. 400 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  10. 100 ftBear left, heading E.
  11. 1.7 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 500 ftBear left onto Washing Machine, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 150 ftBear right, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  24. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  25. 100 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  29. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  31. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 1.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  35. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  38. 400 ftBear left, heading W.
  39. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  40. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  41. 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% paved13% gravel1% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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