The Sleeping Giant Park Association
Protecting and Caring for the Park Since 1924
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The Sleeping Giant Park Association (SGPA) was formed in 1924 to acquire land on and around the series
of ridges in Mount Carmel, Connecticut known as the Sleeping Giant for use as a state park. SGPA is an
all-volunteer organization whose mission is to protect and enlarge Sleeping Giant State Park. SGPA maintains
over thirty miles of trails in the park, sponsors over 15 guided hikes each year, acquires land to add to the park,
publishes the Giant News, a newsletter about the Giant, prints and distributes
trail maps and maintains a self-guided nature trail with printed guide. Links to these and
other activities as well as more information about the Giant and SGPA
can be found in the list to the left below.
The entrance to Sleeping Giant State Park is opposite Quinnipiac University on Mount Carmel Avenue about 1/2 mile east of Whitney Avenue (Rte. 10) in northern Hamden, Connecticut. Click here for a map and detailed driving instructions. If you would like to make a donation to the Sleeping Giant Park Association to help preserve and enlarge the park you can print this form. Donations in memory or in honor of another person may be made using the same form. | ||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Hiking Schedule is now available NEW: SGPA Envronmental Stewardship CommitteeSGPA has formed an Envronmental Stewardship Committee to help protect and preserve the natural resources in our park. A major effort of this committee will be to suppress invasive alien species in the park. We have scheduled monthly work parties to help with this effort. If you would like to learn more about invasive alien species and join in our effort to minimize their impact on our park click here for details.
SGPA Launches Capital Campaign for the Land Fund
We gratefully acknowledge gifts from friends of the Giant to honor a special person or occasion. For details, click here. Recently the Giant lost several friends and supporters. We gratefully acknowledge all those who made donations to SGPA in their memory. For details, click here.
May on the Giant  Click here to visit the Giant picture-of-the-month archive | |||||||||||||||