Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint Loop is a 1.3-mile loop in Sleeping Giant State Park near Mount Carmel, CT. The route reaches Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint. It climbs 540 ft, with sections as steep as 32% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 679 ft · steepest grade: 32%1.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.42158, -72.89483
Nearest town Mount Carmel, CT
Directions
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Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint Loop
1.3 mi · ▲ 540 ft · 42 min
Elevation 118–678 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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 250 ftPass Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 150 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 surface
86% dirt12% gravel2% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~28 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM — 1 min before dark.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: New Road Bus Stop (Quinnipiac) stop 450 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
Other ways to reach this destination
More from this trailhead
- Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint 1.2 mi · ▲ 597 ft
- Mount Carmel & Intermittent Cascade Loop 3 mi · ▲ 1,014 ft
- Mount Carmel–Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint, 3 summits 6.3 mi · ▲ 1,203 ft
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