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Ironweed Trail is an 11.5-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 mi899 – 1,004 ft13.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13879, -83.15092
Nearest town Shawnee Hills, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

11.5 mi · ▲ 135 ft · 3 hr 54 min

Elevation 899–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.13879, -83.15092

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:33 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miTurn left, heading W.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
  7. 0.5 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 100 ftBear left, heading N.
  15. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  16. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  17. 0.2 miBear left, heading NW.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading S.
  20. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NE.
  21. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  22. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading NW.
  25. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  26. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  27. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  28. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  29. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  30. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  31. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  35. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  36. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  37. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  38. 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  40. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  41. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  42. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  43. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  44. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NE.
  45. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  46. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  47. 0.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  48. 0.8 miTurn right, heading NE.
  49. 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

29% paved71% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:20 AMSunset 7:33 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.3 mi in (~83 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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