Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

10.8 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Blood Road is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Groton, MA. It climbs 673 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft11.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.61948, -71.53662
Nearest town Groton, MA

Directions

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Blood Road

10.8 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 3 hr 56 min

Elevation 182–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.61948, -71.53662

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 200 ftBear right, heading NW.
  3. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 0.4 miTurn left, heading N.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 500 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 0.4 miBear left, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  11. 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  13. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  14. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  15. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  16. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  17. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  18. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading W.
  19. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  22. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  23. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  25. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  27. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  28. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  29. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  30. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  31. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

66% dirt34% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 5:24 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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