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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Baralock Hill via Blood Road

9.5 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Baralock Hill via Blood Road is a 9.5-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. The route reaches Baralock Hill at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 614 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.8 mi

Getting there

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

9.5 mi · ▲ 614 ft · 3 hr 28 min

Elevation 182–363 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. 0.1 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. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  12. 0.2 miReach Baralock Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.2 miBear right, heading NW.
  14. 450 ftBear left, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miBear left, heading SE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  17. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  18. 0.4 miBear right, heading NE.
  19. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  20. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  21. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  22. 0.4 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-b0c0

Trail surface

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~8 min). Leave by 7:36 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM — 9 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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