Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint & Fergusons Pond is a 4.9-mile out-and-back in Sleeping Giant State Park near Mount Carmel, CT. The route passes Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint and Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint before reaching Fergusons Pond at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 871 ft. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint & Fergusons Pond
4.9 mi · ▲ 871 ft · 2 hr 4 min
Elevation 217–599 ft
Out & Back · Sleeping Giant State Park
Trailhead: 41.42534, -72.88176
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftPass Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 350 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miPass Fergusons Pond.
- 350 ftReach Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.4 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~19 min). Leave by 7:28 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 5 min before dark.
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More from this trailhead
- Mount Carmel & Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint via red arrows 2.8 mi · ▲ 805 ft
- Intermittent Cascade & Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint via red arrows 3 mi · ▲ 928 ft
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint via red arrows 3.5 mi · ▲ 912 ft
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint & Fergusons Pond via red arrows 5 mi · ▲ 945 ft
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