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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading W.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading NW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 250 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right 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 SW.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 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
Weather
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.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: Frantz Rd & W Bridge St stop 279 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 3.9 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 4.4 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 4.7 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.2 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.5 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.6 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
- 5.8 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
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