Ironweed Trail is an 8.8-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ironweed Trail
8.8 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 912–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.12566, -83.16347
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading SW.
- 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.2 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 1.3 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 7:54 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
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