Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

4.9 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Washing Machine is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Excelsior, MN. It is mostly level, with 161 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87155, -93.57022
Nearest town Excelsior, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

4.9 mi · ▲ 161 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.87155, -93.57022

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 450 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  11. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  18. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  19. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  20. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  21. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  23. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  28. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  29. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  30. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  31. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  32. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  34. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  36. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  37. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  38. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  39. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  41. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  42. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  43. 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

71% paved26% gravel2% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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