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Ironweed Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 53 ft of elevation gain, and mostly paved. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi925 – 1,004 ft6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13102, -83.17961
Nearest town Lamb Corners, OH

Directions

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Ironweed Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 926–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: 40.13102, -83.17961

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading W.
  7. 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Challenge Course, heading W.
  12. 250 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  13. 250 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftBear left onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading NE.
  18. 1.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  20. 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
  21. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  22. 50 ftSharp left, heading S.
  23. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

60% paved40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~53 min). Leave by 7:32 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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