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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

5.8 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Blood Road is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. It climbs 354 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi184 – 364 ft5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.66305, -71.50165
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Blood Road

5.8 mi · ▲ 354 ft · 2 hr 7 min

Elevation 184–364 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: Red Line Trail · 42.66305, -71.50165

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:41 AM · sunset 8:04 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Red Line Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.5 miBear right, heading SW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  7. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.4 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-9-km-7e03

Trail surface

73% dirt27% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:41 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:37 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:26 PM — 10 min before dark.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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