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Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Wernli Community Fishing & Rec Pond via Ironweed Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Wernli Community Fishing & Rec Pond via Ironweed Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Glacier Ridge Metro Park near Jerome, OH. The route reaches Wernli Community Fishing & Rec Pond at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. 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 mi935 – 1,004 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Marsh Hawk Trail 40.15437, -83.19431
Nearest town Jerome, OH
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Wernli Community Fishing & Rec Pond via Ironweed Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 53 ft · 1 hr 40 min

Elevation 934–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Glacier Ridge Metro Park

Trailhead: Marsh Hawk Trail · 40.15437, -83.19431

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

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Ironweed Trail, heading E.
  6. 1.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 450 ftTurn right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miReach Wernli Community Fishing & Rec Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 450 ftTurn right, heading W.
  12. 1.6 miTurn right onto Savannah Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Marsh Hawk Trail, heading N.
  15. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/wernli-community-fishing-rec-pond-wernli-community-fishing-rec-pond-out-back-8-km-6f9f

Trail surface

64% paved36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 8:45 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 8:17 PM for the 8:45 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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