Sleeping Giant State Park <\/strong>–
\nSleeping Giant State Park is currently (September 2018) closed due to storm damage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
\n“Two miles of mountaintop resembling a large man lying in repose, the “sleeping giant”, is a popular feature of the south central Connecticut skyline.”\u00a0 From the observation tower on the peak of Mt. Carmel there are excellent views of Long Island Sound and the New Haven area.\u00a0 Here is their website<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0Trail map<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Phone 203-287-5658
\n<\/a>?<\/strong> The 3 mile loop Tower Trail at Hampton is referred to as very easy by some and steep by others. One reviewer describes it as “Broad, gravel trail, appropriate for a stroller.”\u00a0\u00a0The first half mile (17 stops on the guide) \u00a0of the 1 1\/2 mile loop\u00a0self-guiding Nature Trail <\/a>is “easy, level walking, and can be done by anyone, even\u00a0small children or elderly persons.” but then becomes steep and difficult in places.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sleeping Giant State Park – Sleeping Giant State Park is currently (September 2018) closed due to storm damage.\u00a0\u00a0 “Two miles of mountaintop resembling a large man lying in repose, the “sleeping giant”, is a popular feature of the south central Connecticut skyline.”\u00a0 From the observation tower on the peak of Mt. Carmel there are excellent … Continue reading Sleeping Giant State Park<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut-state"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2101"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8707,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2101\/revisions\/8707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accessiblenature.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}