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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Bruce Clements Trail–Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, 3 sights

13.2 mi · ▲ 819 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Bruce Clements Trail–Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, 3 sights is a 13.2-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 819 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 420 ft14.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.66305, -71.50165
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Bruce Clements Trail–Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, 3 sights

13.2 mi · ▲ 819 ft · 4 hr 49 min

Elevation 182–421 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.66305, -71.50165

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Line Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  7. 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  14. 200 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Clements Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.5 miSharp left onto Priest Trail, heading NW.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right onto Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, heading SW.
  17. 50 ftBear left onto Priest Trail, heading SW.
  18. 0.4 miReach Bruce Clements Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 0.4 miBear right onto Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, heading N.
  20. 50 ftTurn left onto Priest Trail, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miSharp right onto Bruce Clements Trail, heading N.
  22. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  23. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.5 miBear right, heading SE.
  25. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  26. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  27. 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
  28. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  29. 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading S.
  30. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  31. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  32. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  33. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  34. 0.3 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-17-km-87ad

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 6.2 mi in (~164 min). Leave by 5:00 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:59 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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