Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Washing Machine

4.9 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Washing Machine is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Chanhassen Nature Preserve near Carver Beach, MN. It is mostly level, with 194 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 44.86226, -93.56090
Nearest town Carver Beach, MN

Directions

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Washing Machine

4.9 mi · ▲ 194 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Out & Back · Chanhassen Nature Preserve

Trailhead: 44.86226, -93.56090

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:02 AM · sunset 7:14 PM

Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 286 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NW.
  5. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  13. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Washing Machine, heading W.
  14. 300 ftBear right, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
  25. 150 ftBear right, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  28. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bluff Creek Local Trail, heading NE.
  29. 300 ftBear left, heading E.
  30. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  31. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 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

70% paved26% gravel2% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 7:14 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Audubon Rd stop 286 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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