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Ironweed Trail is a 10.2-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Sandy 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 mi906 – 1,004 ft11.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12045, -83.15247
Nearest town Sandy Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Elevation 907–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.12045, -83.15247

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 7:06 AM · sunset 7:58 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  7. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  12. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  16. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  17. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  18. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  19. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  20. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  21. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  22. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  23. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  24. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading SW.
  26. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  27. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  28. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  30. 250 ftTurn right, heading E.
  31. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  32. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  33. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  34. 100 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  37. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  39. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  42. 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  44. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

67% paved33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.7 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 6:07 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:42 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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