Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

5.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Washing Machine is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Excelsior, MN. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.87375, -93.57040
Nearest town Excelsior, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

5.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 1 hr 46 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.87375, -93.57040

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  10. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  12. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  20. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  21. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  22. 500 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  26. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  29. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  32. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  33. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  34. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  35. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  38. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  39. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  40. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  42. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  43. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  44. 500 ftTurn left, heading N.
  45. 150 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

66% paved25% gravel2% dirt7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:01 AMSunset 7:16 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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