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Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)

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encompasses 1,500 acres (6.1 km); the SGPA remains active in securing additional parcels to add to the property. The SGPA has also been instrumental in defeating attempts to log the Giant, build communications towers on its summits, and close the state park altogether. SGPA runs a regular recreational and interpretive hikes on the Giant and volunteer trail maintenance programs. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association also has a working investment in the conservation of the Giant and trail building on it. The trail system of the park is also designated as a
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rock. Minor earthquakes have also been measured by seismographs and reported by residents. Basalt is a dark colored rock, but the iron within it weathers to a rusty brown when exposed to the air, lending the ledges a distinct reddish appearance. Basalt frequently breaks into octagonal and pentagonal
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On May 15, 2018, a severe microburst caused significant damage to the park, forcing the park's closure. The damage was initially assumed to be from a tornado, but the National Weather Serviced determined that the tornado ended just west of Sleeping Giant State Park and had transitioned to a 100-mph
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Conservation of the Giant began in 1924 with the creation of the Sleeping Giant Park Association (SGPA) by a group of local residents concerned with ongoing traprock quarrying on the Giant's head. A cottage owner, Judge Willis Cook, had leased his property to the Mount Carmel Traprock Company for
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and tilted upward. Subsequent erosion wore away the weaker sedimentary layers at a faster rate than the basalt layers, leaving the abruptly tilted edges of the basalt sheets exposed, creating the distinct linear ridge and dramatic cliff faces visible today. One way to imagine this is to picture a
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Most, but not all, of the Sleeping Giant has been conserved. The trails and facilities on Sleeping Giant are collaboratively maintained by the Sleeping Giant Park Association and the State of Connecticut, with the bulk of the trail maintenance done by the association. Sleeping Giant State Park
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block sunlight, creating damp, cooler growing conditions with associated cooler climate plant species. Talus slopes are especially rich in nutrients and support a number of calcium-loving plants uncommon in eastern Connecticut. Because the ridge generates such varied terrain, it is the home of
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The book won the 2012 Connecticut Press Club Award, the Mom's Choice Awards® Silver Recipient in 2014 and was Finalist 4 in the American Association of Publishers (AAP) 2015 REVERE Awards for PRE K-12 Learning. A separate teacher's resource guide (98 pp.) is also available from the publisher
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forestry professor, the SGPA undertook a ten-year struggle with the traprock operation. The property was purchased by the SGPA in 1933, during the Great Depression, for $ 30,000; the money was raised through private donations and the property became the Sleeping Giant State Park.
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microburst by the time it reached the park. The microburst was half a mile wide and continued for seven miles. Nearly every pine tree in the main picnic area was toppled. After more than a year of clean up, the park reopened on June 14, 2019.
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the purpose of quarrying traprock for building materials. The blasting away of what was a beloved landscape feature resulted in public outrage, well reported by local newspapers at the time. Under the leadership of James W. Toumey, a
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after several hundred miles of running due south). To prevent him from wreaking such havoc in the future, the good spirit Keitan cast a spell on Hobbomock to sleep forever as the prominent man-like form of the Sleeping Giant.
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Sleeping Giant State Park was created in 1924, when the SGPA donated 600 acres to the Park and Forest Commission. The state added an additional 65 acres that year, purchased at a cost of $ 7025.00.
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took hold in New England. Summer cottages were built on the Sleeping Giant and many other locations on the Metacomet Ridge. In 1888, John H. Dickerman built a
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only is allowed on the Giant (by permit). Seasonal facilities include restrooms, a picnic shelter, and picnic tables. The 23-mile (37 km)
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several plant and animal species that are state-listed or globally rare. Sleeping Giant is also an important seasonal
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valleys. An old rock quarry, closed since 1933 and now part of the state park, has left scars on the Giant's Head.
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in 1986 as part of the Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures.
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are visible beneath many of the ledges of Sleeping Giant. The basalt cliffs are the product of several massive
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layer cake tilted slightly up with some of the frosting (the sedimentary layer) removed in between.
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The Sleeping Giant, 2.75 miles (4.43 km) long by 1.75 miles (2.82 km) wide, is located in
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The state park is open until sunset year-round. Activities permitted on the Giant include
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border. The Metacomet Ridge extends west and south from Sleeping Giant as Rocky Top and
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columns, creating a unique "postpile" appearance. Huge slopes made of fractured basalt
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with a high point of 739 feet (225 m), located eight miles (13 km) north of
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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
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A complete history of the Giant has been published in Nancy Davis Sachse's book
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trails traverse it including 5 miles (8 km) of the 23-mile (37 km)
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and, atmospheric conditions permitting, across Long Island Sound to the
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species common in the surrounding lowlands. Narrow ravines crowded with
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Written in Stone: A Geologic History of the Northeastern United States
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flows hundreds of feet deep that welled up in faults created by the
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Report of the State Park and Forest Commission to the Governor 1928
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He held picnics with ice cream on the ledges for local residents.
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Connecticut Walk Book: A Trail Guide to the Connecticut Outdoors
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In 1936, the Sleeping Giant Tower was built at the top by the
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During the mid-19th century, spurred by the painters of the
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in the 1930s, offers 360° views of the surrounding Mill and
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Sleeping Giant State Park offers clifftop views of much of
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Tourist attractions in New Haven County, Connecticut
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Elevation
Coordinates
41°25′50″N 72°53′27″W / 41.43056°N 72.89083°W / 41.43056; -72.89083
Sleeping Giant is located in Connecticut
Hamden
Wallingford, Connecticut
Parent range
Metacomet Ridge
Age of rock
Mountain type
Fault-block
igneous
Easiest route
:andscape
Sleeping Giant State Park is located in Connecticut
Sleeping Giant State Park is located in the United States
Hamden, Connecticut
Coordinates
41°25′48″N 72°53′14″W / 41.43000°N 72.88722°W / 41.43000; -72.88722
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Connecticut state park
Official website
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Hamden, Connecticut
Works Progress Administration
MPS
86001754

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