Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Blood Road
11.7 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 4 hr 14 min
Blood Road is an 11.7-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 670 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 42/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blood Road
11.7 mi · ▲ 670 ft · 4 hr 14 min
Elevation 182–363 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
- Start on Red Line Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Bruce Clements Trail, heading NW.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading E.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~79 min). Leave by 5:10 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:20 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from Red Line Trail Trailhead
- Blood Road 11.8 mi · ▲ 670 ft
- Blood Road 11.7 mi · ▲ 701 ft
- Blood Road 11.8 mi · ▲ 701 ft
- Bruce Clements Trail–Chestnut Hill Loop Trail, 3 sights 13.2 mi · ▲ 819 ft
- Burnt Meadow Pond–Burnt Meadow Trail, 4 sights 10.7 mi · ▲ 449 ft
- Blood Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 464 ft
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