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Ironweed Trail is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, OH. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,011 ft9.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15773, -83.17463
Nearest town Jerome, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

8.1 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 934–1,011 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.15773, -83.17463

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  5. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  6. 100 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
  9. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  12. 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading N.
  14. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  16. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading SW.
  20. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  22. 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  24. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

39% paved61% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~18 min). Leave by 8:07 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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