0 - Welcome

<p>Many people visit the Sleeping Giant. It is hoped that you will be one of those who will gain more enjoyment from your visit by exploring the Nature Trail with this “Trail Guide”, which will help you to interpret our natural world.</p> <p>The Nature Trail is 1.8 miles in length and requires over an hour to walk. The first part is relatively level walking. The second part of the trail, after the turn near number 13, is rougher, steeper and, in places, rocky. All trails require suitable shoes.</p> <p>The numbered trees or rocks beside the trail are matched with the numbered paragraphs in this booklet. When you reach a numbered tree or rock, look up the matching number in this Trail Guide and read about the natural features around you.</p> <p>The natural features covered in this guide have necessarily been limited to things that can be seen in all seasons. However, in the proper season look for the many flowers, birds, insects, and other wildlife which make their home on the Sleeping Giant. They will add to what is covered in this guide.</p> <p>The trail is well marked with Nature Trail blazes (white arrows on green circles) and the footprints of others who have explored this trail before you. We welcome you to the Nature Trail and ask that you leave our natural environment undisturbed.</p> <p>This, the seventh edition of the Sleeping Giant Nature Guide, was written after the May 2018 tornado did significant damage to parts of Sleeping Giant State Park. The tornado damage necessitated many changes to the Nature Trail. As you hike along this trail there will be new stations as well as old ones and the trail now returns via the Tower Path rather than the Red Hexagon and Orange Trails.</p> <p><em>Prepared by Daryll C. Borst and Barbara Borst for the Sleeping Giant Park Assoication.</em></p>

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