Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Ironweed Trail

13 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Ironweed Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb 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 ft14.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Trabue Walking Path 40.10990, -83.16724
Nearest town Lamb Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

13 mi · ▲ 80 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 907–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: Red Trabue Walking Path · 40.10990, -83.16724

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Trabue Walking Path, heading E.
  2. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 200 ftBear right, heading E.
  4. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 1 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  12. 200 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  13. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  14. 0.1 miBear left, heading W.
  15. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  16. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  17. 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
  18. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
  20. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.3 miTurn right onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  22. 150 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  23. 100 ftTurn left onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  24. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
  25. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  26. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  27. 0.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
  28. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  29. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  30. 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  32. 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  33. 200 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  35. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  37. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  38. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  39. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  40. 1 miTurn right, heading S.
  41. 50 ftBear left, heading S.
  42. 200 ftBear right onto Red Trabue Walking Path, heading S.
  43. 250 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

76% paved24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.8 mi in (~91 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:31 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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