Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Blood Road
10.8 mi · ▲ 696 ft · 3 hr 57 min
Blood Road is a 10.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Groton, MA. It climbs 696 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blood Road
10.8 mi · ▲ 696 ft · 3 hr 57 min
Elevation 182–363 ft
Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.62246, -71.54061
Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading W.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 5:26 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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- Blood Road 10.8 mi · ▲ 697 ft
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