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Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)
Sleeping Giant (also known as Mount Carmel) of south-central Connecticut, with a high point of , is a rugged traprock mountain located north of New Haven. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. A prominent landscape feature visible for miles, the Sleeping Giant receives its name from its anthropomorphic resemblance to a slumbering human figure as seen from both the north and south. The Giant is known for its expansive clifftop vistas, rugged topography, and microclimate ecosystems. Most of the Giant is located within Sleeping Giant State Park. The mountain is a popular recreation resource; over of hiking trails traverse it including of the Quinnipiac Trail.〔Farnsworth, Elizabeth J. ("Metacomet-Mattabesett Trail Natural Resource Assessment." ), 2004. PDF file. Cited Nov. 20, 2007.〕〔Connecticut Walk Book: A Trail Guide to the Connecticut Outdoors. 17th Edition. The Connecticut Forest and Park Association. Rockfall, Connecticut. Undated.〕 Quinnipiac University is located at Mount Carmel's foot in Hamden.
==Geography==
The Sleeping Giant, long by wide, is located in Hamden with its eastern edge falling into Wallingford. The Giant's profile features distinct "head", "chin", "chest", "hip", "knee" and "feet" sections topographically represented by traprock outcrops and ridge crests. The highest point is the Left Hip, , followed by the Chest, , and the Left Knee and Right Leg, each, and so on. The Giant's Head, , is marked by a cliff. A stone observation tower located on the Left Hip, built by the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s,〔 offers 360° views of the surrounding Mill and Quinnipiac River valleys. An old rock quarry, closed since 1933 and now part of the state park, has left scars on the Giant's Head.〔
The Metacomet Ridge extends west and south from Sleeping Giant as Rocky Top and West Rock Ridge. The west side of Sleeping Giant drains into the Mill River thence to New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound; the east side into the Quinnipiac River, thence to New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound.〔DeLorme Topo 6.0. Mapping Software. DeLorme, Yarmouth, Maine〕
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