Ironweed Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Lamb Corners, OH. It is mostly level, with 81 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
8 mi · ▲ 81 ft · 2 hr 42 min
Elevation 912–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park
Trailhead: 40.12717, -83.16006
Weather Sep 22: Light drizzle, high 61°F / low 56° · precip 5% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 7:21 AM · sunset 7:32 PM
Toilets at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Ironweed Trail, heading SW.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 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 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miSharp right, heading S.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive 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 2.6 mi in (~66 min). Leave by 6:06 PM for the 7:32 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- 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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