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Sleeping Giant State Park

Mount Carmel & Intermittent Cascade Loop

3 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Mount Carmel & Intermittent Cascade Loop is a 3-mile loop in Sleeping Giant State Park near Mount Carmel, CT. The route passes Mount Carmel and Intermittent Cascade. It climbs 1,014 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi118 – 732 ft · steepest grade: 27%3.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.42158, -72.89483
Nearest town Mount Carmel, CT
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Mount Carmel & Intermittent Cascade Loop

3 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft · 1 hr 30 min

Elevation 118–731 ft

Loop · Sleeping Giant State Park

Trailhead: 41.42158, -72.89483

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:50 AM · sunset 8:07 PM

Transit-accessible: New Road Bus Stop (Quinnipiac) stop 450 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
  4. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  6. 350 ftBear right, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 350 ftPass Mount Carmel.
  9. 0.4 miSharp left, heading NE.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  11. 0.1 miPass Intermittent Cascade.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  13. 50 ftBear right, heading N.
  14. 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
  15. 50 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 250 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  17. 0.2 miSharp left, heading W.
  18. 0.3 miSharp right, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SW.
  21. 0.1 miBear left, heading SW.
  22. 200 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  23. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  24. 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  26. 50 ftThe loop closes back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/intermittent-cascade-intermittent-cascade-loop-5-km

Trail surface

81% dirt9% gravel10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.8 mi in (~34 min). Leave by 7:13 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:41 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: New Road Bus Stop (Quinnipiac) stop 450 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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