Ironweed Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, 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.
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Ironweed Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 934–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.13736, -83.18095
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:20 AM · sunset 7:33 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.3 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 0.6 mi in (~16 min). Leave by 6:57 PM for the 7:33 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
- 3.5 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
- 5.9 mi · out & back · via Ironweed Trail
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- Indian Run Falls Park - Observation Deck D & Ashbaugh Road 13.3 mi · ▲ 215 ft
- Red Trabue Walking Path 9.5 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Red Trabue Walking Path 9.9 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Red Trabue Walking Path 9.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Ironweed Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 55 ft
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