Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Blood Road

9.8 mi · ▲ 645 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Blood Road is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near East Groton, MA. It climbs 645 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi180 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.62557, -71.53640
Nearest town East Groton, MA

Directions

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Blood Road

9.8 mi · ▲ 645 ft · 3 hr 35 min

Elevation 182–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.62557, -71.53640

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 6:47 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  3. 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
  4. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miBear right, heading SE.
  9. 0.1 miSharp left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  11. 0.5 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading NE.
  12. 0.9 miTurn right, heading W.
  13. 1.1 miBear left onto Red Line Trail, heading NE.
  14. 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left onto Blood Road, heading W.
  17. 0.9 miTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 0.5 miBear left onto Dan Parker Road, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  20. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  21. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  22. 0.1 miBear right, heading N.
  23. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
  25. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  26. 500 ftBear left, heading SW.
  27. 100 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

67% dirt33% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 6:47 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~51 min). Leave by 5:36 PM for the 6:47 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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