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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

6.5 mi · ▲ 407 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Blood Road is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 407 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65101, -71.50437
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Blood Road

6.5 mi · ▲ 407 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 186–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.65101, -71.50437

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Line Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miSharp left, heading SW.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  5. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  6. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading W.
  7. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  8. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  10. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 1.1 miSharp right onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  13. 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-10-km-eb4c

Trail surface

63% dirt37% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.8 mi in (~52 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:06 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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