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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Chestnut Hill via Blood Road

11.8 mi · ▲ 814 ft · 4 hr 20 min

Chestnut Hill via Blood Road is an 11.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. The route reaches Chestnut Hill at the turnaround, 5.9 miles in. It climbs 814 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 509 ft12.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.66305, -71.50165
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Chestnut Hill via Blood Road

11.8 mi · ▲ 814 ft · 4 hr 20 min

Elevation 184–509 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.66305, -71.50165

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 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. 0.1 miBear left, heading NW.
  8. 0.6 miTurn left, heading NW.
  9. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  10. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  11. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  13. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  14. 0.3 miReach Chestnut Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
  17. 0.5 miBear left, heading E.
  18. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  21. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  22. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  23. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  24. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  25. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/blood-road-out-back-17-km-8bc1

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~80 min). Leave by 5:09 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:21 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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