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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

5.3 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Blood Road is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near East Groton, MA. It climbs 375 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 30/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft5.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.64060, -71.50830
Nearest town East Groton, MA
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Blood Road

5.3 mi · ▲ 375 ft · 1 hr 57 min

Elevation 182–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.64060, -71.50830

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:42 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blood Road, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading SW.
  8. 0.8 miTurn left, heading S.
  9. 0.2 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-8-km-50aa

Trail surface

70% dirt30% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~63 min). Leave by 6:41 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:23 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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