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Ironweed Trail is an 8.6-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 ft9.5 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

8.6 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 2 hr 54 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 left, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  15. 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  16. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NE.
  19. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
  22. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  24. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  26. 150 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  27. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  28. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

62% paved38% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 7:52 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:33 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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