Sleeping Giant Tower
Sleeping Giant Tower is a tower in Town of Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Sleeping Giant Tower is situated nearby to the neighborhood Pines Bridge Historic District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mount Carmel Congregational Church.
Mount Carmel Congregational Church
Church
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The Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House is a historic church complex at 3280 and 3284 Whitney Avenue and 195 Sherman Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. Mount Carmel Congregational Church is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Sleeping Giant Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pines Bridge Historic District and North Haven.
Pines Bridge Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Pines Bridge Historic District encompasses a historic industrial and commercial village in North Haven, Connecticut. Located just west of the town green and centered around the Broadway bridge over the Quinnipiac River, the village developed first as a commercial hub around a 17th-century bridge at the site, and then as a small industrial village in the 19th century. Pines Bridge Historic District is situated 3 miles south of Sleeping Giant Tower.
North Haven
North Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States on the outskirts of New Haven. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region.Hamden
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Hamden is a suburb of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. Quinnipiac University has a significant impact on the town. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". It had about 59,500 in 2025.
Sleeping Giant Tower
- Type: Tower
- Also known as: “Sleeping Giant”
- Categories: building and historic site
- Location: Town of Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.4306° or 41° 25′ 50″ northLongitude
-72.89045° or 72° 53′ 26″ westElevation
689 feet (210 metres)Inception
1937Open location code
87H9C4J5+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 289123023OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
4843135
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Sleeping Giant Tower” goes by many names.
- French: “Sleeping Giant”
- German: “Sleeping Giant”
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