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Ironweed Trail is a 16.1-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Dublin, OH. It is mostly level, with 134 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi866 – 1,004 ft18.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: connector 40.09600, -83.12571
Nearest town Dublin, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

16.1 mi · ▲ 134 ft · 5 hr 26 min

Elevation 866–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: connector · 40.09600, -83.12571

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

Transit-accessible: Frantz Rd & W Bridge St stop 279 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  4. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  6. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
  8. 150 ftBear right, heading W.
  9. 100 ftBear left, heading W.
  10. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  11. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  12. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  15. 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  17. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  19. 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  23. 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
  24. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  25. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  26. 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  28. 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
  29. 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
  30. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
  31. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  32. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  33. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
  34. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  35. 250 ftBear right, heading N.
  36. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
  38. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  39. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  40. 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
  41. 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  42. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  43. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  44. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  45. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  46. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  47. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  48. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  49. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  50. 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
  51. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  52. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  54. 1 miTurn right, heading E.
  55. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  56. 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
  57. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  58. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  59. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  60. 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
  61. 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  62. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  63. 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
  64. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  65. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  66. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  67. 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

68% paved32% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:21 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.7 mi in (~166 min). Leave by 4:25 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:29 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Frantz Rd & W Bridge St stop 279 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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