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Ironweed Trail is a 12.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Dublin, OH. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,004 ft13.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12120, -83.13696
Nearest town Dublin, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

12.1 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 890–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.12120, -83.13696

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  11. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  12. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  16. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
  18. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  22. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  26. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  28. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  29. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  30. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  31. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  32. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  33. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  34. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  36. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  38. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  40. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  41. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  42. 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

70% paved30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.6 mi in (~114 min). Leave by 5:18 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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