Ironweed Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, OH. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ironweed Trail
7.1 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 24 min
Elevation 934–1,007 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.15646, -83.18221
Weather Aug 4: Mostly clear, high 83°F / low 56° · precip 0% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading W.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 8:21 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM — 12 min before dark.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Ironweed Trail 6.5 mi · ▲ 54 ft
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