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Ironweed Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Shawnee Hills, OH. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi902 – 1,004 ft10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15185, -83.14492
Nearest town Shawnee Hills, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 3 hr 8 min

Elevation 904–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.15185, -83.14492

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  5. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  10. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  12. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  15. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading SE.
  18. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  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 NW.
  25. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  26. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  28. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  33. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  34. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  36. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  37. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  38. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  39. 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  41. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SE.
  42. 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

35% paved65% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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