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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

11.1 mi · ▲ 617 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Blood Road is an 11.1-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Groton, MA. It climbs 617 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 21%11.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.63262, -71.54722
Nearest town Groton, MA
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Blood Road

11.1 mi · ▲ 617 ft · 4 hr 1 min

Elevation 182–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.63262, -71.54722

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  4. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 450 ftBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
  9. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  10. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading E.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  12. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  14. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  15. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading W.
  16. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  17. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
  18. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  20. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  21. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  22. 450 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  25. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blood-road-out-back-18-km-6996

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.6 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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