Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Ironweed Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 59 min

Ironweed Trail is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Dublin, OH. It is mostly level, with 106 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi889 – 1,004 ft13.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12120, -83.13696
Nearest town Dublin, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

11.8 mi · ▲ 106 ft · 3 hr 59 min

Elevation 890–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.12120, -83.13696

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  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 N.
  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 NW.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
  18. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NE.
  19. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  20. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
  21. 500 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
  23. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
  24. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  25. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  26. 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
  27. 250 ftTurn right, heading S.
  28. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  29. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  30. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  31. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  33. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
  37. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  38. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  39. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  40. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

72% paved28% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.7 mi in (~116 min). Leave by 5:15 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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