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Ironweed Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Sandy Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 82 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi906 – 1,004 ft12.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.11532, -83.14935
Nearest town Sandy Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

11.3 mi · ▲ 82 ft · 3 hr 48 min

Elevation 907–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.11532, -83.14935

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

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

70% paved30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:06 AMSunset 7:58 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.3 mi in (~107 min). Leave by 5:51 PM for the 7:58 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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