Ironweed Trail
13.1 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 4 hr 24 min
Ironweed Trail is a 13.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 79 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Ironweed Trail
13.1 mi · ▲ 79 ft · 4 hr 24 min
Elevation 907–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: Red Trabue Walking Path · 40.10877, -83.16831
Weather Aug 5: Overcast, high 88°F / low 66° · precip 12% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 8:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Red Trabue Walking Path, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 1 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 100 ftBear left, heading S.
- 200 ftBear right onto Red Trabue Walking Path, heading S.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~93 min). Leave by 6:50 PM for the 8:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:32 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Red Trabue Walking Path Trailhead
- Red Trabue Walking Path 3.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Red Trabue Walking Path 4.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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- Ashbaugh Road via Red Trabue Walking Path 4.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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