• Winter Tree Identification

    Sleeping Giant State Park - Main Parking 200 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, United States

    Had enough with the winter blahs? The SGPA is offering a short, informative hike designed to explore the variety of trees and shrubs in their winter condition. Want to know the difference between an ash and a hickory, or a maple and a sycamore? We will discuss these and more and offer some simple keys […]

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  • Spring Hiker’s Hike

    Sleeping Giant State Park - Main Parking 200 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, United States

    Join the Sleeping Giant Park Association for our first guided hike of the spring. This hike will be led SGPA's own Mike Miller and his wife, Karen Marotta. This hike will involve traveling over uneven terrain, with some possible rock scrambling. As such, participants should be in good physical condition, dress appropriately for the weather […]

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  • Spring Wildflower Hike

    Sleeping Giant State Park - Main Parking 200 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, United States

    Join the Sleeping Giant Park Association for a guided hike about early spring wildflowers, led by SGPA Board Member and retired US Forest Service Scientist, Chris Fagan. Participants will learn how to identify some of the Giant's ephemeral wildflowers, and the incredible ways they have evolved to thrive in the early spring. This will be […]

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  • Giant Master Trail Series – Hike 1 (White & Violet)

    Sleeping Giant State Park - Main Parking 200 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, United States

    Join the Sleeping Giant Park Association for this guided hike series designed to help you complete the Giant Master Challenge*—or simply explore new trails at Sleeping Giant State Park! The Giant Master Program challenges hikers to traverse all 32 miles of blazed trails in the park, and this six-hike series will guide participants through every […]

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  • The Founding of Sleeping Giant State Park

    North Haven Memorial Library 17 Elm Street, North Haven, Connecticut

    This event is presented by the North Haven Memorial Library: In 2024, Sleeping Giant State Park turned 100 years old! Creating the park was not easy nor quick. This is a dynamic story of early 20th-century conflicting priorities and hard-reached resolutions: destructive commercial interests, the public’s passion for preservation, and thorny legal battles. The cast […]

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