Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Ironweed Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Ironweed Trail is an 8.3-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 80 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi912 – 1,004 ft8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12409, -83.15918
Nearest town Lamb Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

8.3 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 48 min

Elevation 912–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.12409, -83.15918

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

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 150 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  6. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  7. 0.6 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  9. 250 ftSharp left, heading E.
  10. 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn right onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 150 ftTurn left onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right, heading E.
  19. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  20. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  21. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  22. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  25. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  26. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  27. 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

63% paved37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:51 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:34 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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