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Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Lower Massapoag Pond via Blood Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Lower Massapoag Pond via Blood Road is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area near East Groton, MA. The route reaches Lower Massapoag Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 356 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 32/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi187 – 364 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.64060, -71.50830
Nearest town East Groton, MA
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Lower Massapoag Pond via Blood Road

4.9 mi · ▲ 356 ft · 1 hr 49 min

Elevation 186–363 ft

Out & Back · Unkety Brook Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.64060, -71.50830

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right onto Blood Road, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 1.4 miReach Lower Massapoag Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 2.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  6. 0.2 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/massapoag-pond-massapoag-pond-out-back-9-km-7af8

Trail surface

74% dirt26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:42 AMSunset 8:04 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.3 mi in (~64 min). Leave by 6:40 PM for the 8:04 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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