Ironweed Trail is a 10.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, OH. It is mostly level, with 137 ft of elevation gain. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ironweed Trail
10.1 mi · ▲ 137 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 929–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.15328, -83.16358
Weather Sep 22: Light drizzle, high 60°F / low 56° · precip 4% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 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 W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading S.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.8 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 6:04 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
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