Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)
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Sleeping Giant, , is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet (225 m), located eight miles (13 km) north of New Haven, Connecticut. A prominent landscape feature visible for miles, the Sleeping Giant receives its name from its anthropomorphic resemblance to a slumbering human figure as seen from either the north or south. The Giant is known for its expansive clifftop vistas, rugged topography, and microclimate ecosystems. Most of the Giant is located within Sleeping Giant State Park. The mountain is a popular recreation site: over 30 miles (48 km) of hiking trails traverse it including 5 miles (8 km) of the 23-mile (37 km) Quinnipiac Trail. Quinnipiac University is located at Mount Carmel's foot in Hamden.
View from the Giant's Chin
The "Sleeping Giant" in profile
Lookout tower at the summit of the Giant
Close-up of traprock on the Sleeping Giant
Quinnipiac University
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Quinnipiac University is a private university in Hamden, Connecticut. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. It also hosts the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
The Mount Carmel campus, from atop Sleeping Giant (April 2009)
Quinnipiac's Arnold Bernhard Library and clock tower, focus of main campus quadrangle (August 2008)
A baseball game between Quinnipiac and Army (March 2011)