Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Blood Road
12 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Blood Road is a 12-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 675 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Blood Road
12 mi · ▲ 675 ft · 4 hr 20 min
Elevation 186–363 ft
Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area
Trailhead: 42.65101, -71.50437
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miSharp left, 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 E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
- 0.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Red Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 350 ftArrive 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 5.9 mi in (~157 min). Leave by 5:07 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 10:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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More from this trailhead
- Red Line Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 54 ft
- Blood Road 6.1 mi · ▲ 351 ft
- Blood Road 6.5 mi · ▲ 407 ft
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