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Ironweed Trail is a 4-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 55 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,004 ft4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13573, -83.18544
Nearest town Lamb Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

4 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 22 min

Elevation 936–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.13573, -83.18544

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 8:45 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftBear right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.4 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
  11. 1.4 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 200 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

71% paved29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~39 min). Leave by 7:46 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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