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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Indian Rock & Boulders Trail via Blood Road

6.1 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Indian Rock & Boulders Trail via Blood Road is a 6.1-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near Camp Massapoag, MA. The route reaches Indian Rock at the turnaround, 3.1 miles in. It climbs 385 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 33/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 17%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Red Line Trail 42.66305, -71.50165
Nearest town Camp Massapoag, MA
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Indian Rock & Boulders Trail via Blood Road

6.1 mi · ▲ 385 ft · 2 hr 14 min

Elevation 182–363 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. 1 miBear right, heading S.
  5. 450 ftTurn left onto Boulders Trail, heading NW.
  6. 0.2 miBear left onto Boulders Cutoff, heading SE.
  7. 100 ftTurn right onto Indian Rock Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.2 miReach Indian Rock, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left onto Boulders Cutoff, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftBear right onto Boulders Trail, heading NE.
  11. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 450 ftBear left onto Blood Road, heading N.
  13. 1 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  15. 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/indian-rock-boulders-trail-out-back

Trail surface

75% dirt25% 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 8:27 PM — 9 min before dark.

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