Ironweed Trail is a 9-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Shawnee Hills, OH. It is mostly level, with 135 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi902 – 1,004 ft10.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.15185, -83.14492
Nearest town Shawnee Hills, OH
Directions
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Ironweed Trail
9 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 3 hr 4 min
Elevation 904–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.15185, -83.14492
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading SE.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
36% paved64% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.2 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 6:39 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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