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Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Ironweed Trail

13 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Ironweed Trail is a 13-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, 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 ft14.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Marsh Hawk Trail 40.15472, -83.18942
Nearest town Jerome, OH
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Ironweed Trail

13 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 4 hr 22 min

Elevation 907–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: Marsh Hawk Trail · 40.15472, -83.18942

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Savannah Trail, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading E.
  3. 1.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  5. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  6. 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  7. 0.3 miBear left, heading S.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  11. 150 ftTurn right, heading E.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  15. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  17. 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  18. 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  19. 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
  20. 200 ftBear right onto Red Trabue Walking Path, heading SW.
  21. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  22. 0.5 miBear left, heading SW.
  23. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  24. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  25. 1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  26. 0.5 miTurn right, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  28. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  30. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  31. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  32. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
  34. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  35. 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  37. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  38. 0.8 miTurn left, heading W.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  40. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  41. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ironweed-trail-out-back-21-km-52ff

Trail surface

77% paved23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.0 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:39 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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