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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

5.3 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Blood Road is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 390 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 364 ft5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.65613, -71.50109
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Blood Road

5.3 mi · ▲ 390 ft · 1 hr 58 min

Elevation 186–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.65613, -71.50109

Weather Sep 20: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 6:49 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  3. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
  6. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  9. 0.9 miTurn right, heading NW.
  10. 1.1 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-c4b7

Trail surface

79% dirt21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 6:49 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.5 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 6:49 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:10 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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