Ironweed Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Shawnee Hills, OH. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi935 – 1,004 ft9.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.14903, -83.15703
Nearest town Shawnee Hills, OH
Directions
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Ironweed Trail
8.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 44 min
Elevation 934–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.14903, -83.15703
Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
40% paved60% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:32 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:25 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
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