Sleeping Giant Tower - Hamden, Connecticut
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KDubs
N 41° 25.269 W 072° 53.933
18T E 675582 N 4587640
Lookout tower in Sleeping Giant park in Connecticut.
Waymark Code: WM75WP
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2009
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From Wikipedia...
SLEEPING GIANT PARK HISTORY
According to Native Americans of the Quinnipiac Tribe, the giant stone spirit Hobbomock (or Hobomock), a prominent wicked figure in many stories (see Pocumtuck Ridge and Quinnipiac), became enraged about the mistreatment of his people and stamped his foot down in anger, diverting the course of the Connecticut River (where the river suddenly swings east in Middletown, Connecticut after several hundred miles of running due south). To prevent him from wreaking such havoc in the future, the good spirit Keitan cast a spell on Hobbomock to sleep forever as the prominent man-like form of the Sleeping Giant
TOWER
The Sleeping Giant Tower was built at the top in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as part of the Connecticut State Park and Forest Depression-Era Federal Work Relief Programs Structures
To get to the tower, follow the trail maps at the parking which is either the blue trail (steep and long) or the black trail (windy but relatively flat).
Street address:
200 Mt. Carmel Ave
Sleeping Giant State Park
Hamden , CT
County / Borough / Parish: New Haven, CT
Year listed: 1986
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Government
Current function: Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2009 To: 12/31/2009
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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