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Sleeping Giant Tower Trail
Well-known climb to the stone tower atop Sleeping Giant's ridge.
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About This Trail
A wide 1.6-mile path climbs to a four-story Romanesque stone tower built by the WPA in the 1930s atop 739-foot Mount Carmel in Hamden. The tower’s observation deck delivers 360-degree views of Long Island Sound, the New Haven skyline, and the surrounding traprock ridgeline.
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