Sleeping Giant
Sleeping Giant, is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet, located eight miles 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 676 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount Carmel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Carmel Congregational Church.
Mount Carmel Congregational Church
Church
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pines Bridge Historic District and North Haven.
Pines Bridge Historic District
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
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
Photo: Streetsim, Public domain.
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
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Town of Hamden, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.43038° or 41° 25′ 49″ northLongitude
-72.88705° or 72° 53′ 13″ westElevation
676 feet (206 metres)Open location code
87H9C4J7+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 359261156OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Sleeping Giant” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Carmel”
- Dutch: “Mount Carmel”
- Dutch: “Sleeping Giant”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سليپينج جيانت”
- Esperanto: “Dormanta Giganto”
- French: “Sleeping Giant”
- German: “Sleeping Giant”
- Japanese: “スリーピング・ジャイアント山”
- Ladin: “Sleeping Giant (Connecticut)”
- Ladin: “Sleeping Giant”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mount Carmel Center and Fernwood Estates.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sleeping Giant”. Photo: Ken Gallager, Public domain.