• CT Trails Day – History Of Sleeping Giant

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

    CT Trails Day is a statewide celebration of Connecticut’s incredible trail system, held annually on the first weekend in June. Organized by our friends at the Connecticut Forest & Park Association, this event invites people of all ages to explore, learn, and connect with the outdoors through hundreds of guided hikes and programs across the […]

  • Giant Master Trail Series – Hike 3 (Orange, Green & Tower Path)

    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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  • Insect Life Hike

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

    The Sleeping Giant Park Association invites you to join us in learning about insects on the Giant - this hike will introduce participants to some of the many insects that call the Giant "home", and their incredible adaptations and diversity. Raymond Simpson, former President of the CT Entomological Society, will lead the hike. Ray used […]

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  • Giant Master Trail Series – Hike 4 (Red Diamond, Hexagon & Nature Trail)

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

    Join the Sleeping Giant Park Association and the CT Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club 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, […]

    Free
  • Biodiversity Hike

    Sleeping Giant State Park - East Parking 400 Chestnut Lane, Hamden, CT

    The Sleeping Giant Park Association invites you to join us to learn about the biodiversity of Sleeping Giant Park, why biodiversity is important and how we can help to preserve it. The hike will be led by JP Barsky and Gail Cameron, the previous and current SGPA Naturalists. This will be an easy to moderate […]

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