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Ironweed Trail is a 7.7-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, 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 – 1,011 ft8.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15460, -83.17891
Nearest town Jerome, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

7.7 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 36 min

Elevation 934–1,011 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.15460, -83.17891

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  3. 350 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  4. 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading SW.
  11. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  13. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  15. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading NW.
  16. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 300 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  18. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading E.
  22. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  24. 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  29. 450 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  30. 350 ftTurn right, heading N.
  31. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

41% paved59% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 8:13 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:12 PM — 3 min before dark.

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