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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

10.8 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 3 hr 55 min

Blood Road is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 647 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 45/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 22%11.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.65613, -71.50109
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Blood Road

10.8 mi · ▲ 647 ft · 3 hr 55 min

Elevation 186–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.65613, -71.50109

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  6. 0.7 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
  9. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
  13. 200 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Clements Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  16. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  18. 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  22. 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
  23. 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
  24. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  25. 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
  26. 1 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-cc96

Trail surface

78% dirt1% boardwalk21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~67 min). Leave by 5:21 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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