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 597 ft, with sections as steep as 30% grade. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi118 – 653 ft · steepest grade: 30%1.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.42158, -72.89483
Nearest town Mount Carmel, CT
Directions
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Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint
1.2 mi · ▲ 597 ft · 42 min
Elevation 118–653 ft
Out & Back · 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 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 100 ftReach Sleeping Giant State Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn 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.
Trail surface
57% dirt39% gravel4% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 5:50 AMSunset 8:07 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 8:07 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:35 PM — 2 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 Loop 1.3 mi · ▲ 540 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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