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Ironweed Trail is a 4.4-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.

Elevation

0 mi935 – 1,004 ft5.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13736, -83.18095
Nearest town Jerome, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

4.4 mi · ▲ 55 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 934–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.13736, -83.18095

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading NW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading S.
  8. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  9. 250 ftTurn left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading W.
  11. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NE.
  14. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 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.

Trail surface

73% paved27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~42 min). Leave by 7:43 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:40 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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