Ironweed Trail is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 81 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi909 – 1,004 ft11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.11422, -83.15902
Nearest town Lamb Corners, OH
Directions
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Ironweed Trail
10.1 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 3 hr 24 min
Elevation 910–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.11422, -83.15902
Weather Sep 5: Drizzle, high 84°F / low 68° · precip 38% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 8:00 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 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 SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 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
61% paved39% unspecified
Weather
DrizzleTemperature 84°F68°
Precip38%Wind3 mphUV6Humidity94%
Hourly temperatureRain chance
85°65°
Sunrise 7:05 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMSunset 8:00 PM
Sun
76°60°
Mon
78°55°
Tue
84°60°
Wed
87°70°
25%
Thu
81°60°
28%
Fri
72°54°
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.5 mi in (~88 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 8:00 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
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