Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Blood Road
9.8 mi · ▲ 644 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Blood Road is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near East Groton, MA. It climbs 644 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blood Road
9.8 mi · ▲ 644 ft · 3 hr 35 min
Elevation 182–363 ft
Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.62557, -71.53640
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading E.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 100 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 2.0 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:53 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Blood Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 645 ft
- Blood Road 9.8 mi · ▲ 645 ft
- Blood Road 9.9 mi · ▲ 673 ft
- Dan Parker Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Dan Parker Road 3.6 mi · ▲ 209 ft
- Dan Parker Road 3.7 mi · ▲ 200 ft
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