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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Blood Road is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 391 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi197 – 361 ft · steepest grade: 16%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.65668, -71.52030
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Blood Road

4.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 198–362 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.65668, -71.52030

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

  1. Start on Blood Road, heading S.
  2. 1.7 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
  4. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  8. 1.7 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-b52d

Trail surface

69% dirt31% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:16 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:43 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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