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Ironweed Trail is an 8.9-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 ft10.0 mi

Getting there

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

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

8.9 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr

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. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading NW.
  17. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  18. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  19. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading S.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading SW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading E.
  23. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  24. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  25. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
  26. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  27. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  28. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  31. 200 ftTurn right, heading W.
  32. 0.3 miSharp right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

60% paved40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 7:52 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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