Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

4.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Washing Machine is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Excelsior, MN. It is mostly level, with 83 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87151, -93.57266
Nearest town Excelsior, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

4.7 mi · ▲ 83 ft · 1 hr 36 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.87151, -93.57266

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

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

69% paved27% gravel3% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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