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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 81 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 40.11887, -83.15285
Nearest town Sandy Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

10.2 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 3 hr 26 min

Elevation 907–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.11887, -83.15285

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

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

66% paved34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 6:08 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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