Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint is a 1.2-mile out-and-back in Sleeping Giant State Park near Mount Carmel, CT. The route reaches Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 0.6 miles in. It climbs 529 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi115 – 653 ft · steepest grade: 25%1.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.42587, -72.87542
Nearest town Mount Carmel, CT
Directions
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Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint
1.2 mi · ▲ 529 ft · 40 min
Elevation 114–651 ft
Out & Back · Sleeping Giant State Park
Trailhead: 41.42587, -72.87542
Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 500 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 7:24 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:33 PM — 4 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
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- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint 2 mi · ▲ 729 ft
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint 2 mi · ▲ 744 ft
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