miles (13 km) north of New Haven, Connecticut. A prominent landscape feature visible for miles, the Sleeping Giant receives its name from its anthropomorphic...
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The Sleeping Giant), a mountain near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA Sleeping Giant (Connecticut), a traprock mountain ridge in Hamden, Connecticut, USA...
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County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant". The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning...
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Naugatuck State Forest. Nearby summits include Peck Mountain to the north, Sleeping Giant to the southeast and West Rock Ridge to the south. Metacomet Ridge Adjacent...
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as a reservoir by the South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority. Mill River passes through Sleeping Giant State Park in northern Hamden and East...
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West Rock Ridge (category Bethany, Connecticut)
north over Sanford Mountain and east over Sleeping Giant. Both are maintained by the non-profit Connecticut Forest and Park Association. West Rock Ridge...
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to Interstate 91 and the Wilbur Cross Parkway (Route 15). It is near Sleeping Giant State Park and less than 10 miles (16 km) from downtown New Haven and...
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the Sleeping Giant Park. Mr. Greist was an avid hiker and an active volunteer in the Scout movement. He was also the President of the Sleeping Giant Park...
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Mount Carmel, Hamden (category Hamden, Connecticut)
park is the Sleeping Giant Golf Course, privately operated but open to the public. Hartley, Rachel M. (1959). The History of Hamden, Connecticut, 1786-1959...
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Quinnipiac University (redirect from Connecticut College of Commerce)
current campus in the Mount Carmel section of Hamden, Connecticut, at the foot of Sleeping Giant Park. During the 1970s, Quinnipiac began to offer master's...
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Quinnipiac Trail (category Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut)
Sleeping Giant State Park Quinnipiac River State Park Quinnipiac River Colson, Ann T. (2006). Connecticut Walk Book West (19th edition). Connecticut Forest...
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Peck Mountain of south-central Connecticut, 371 feet (113 m), is a traprock mountain ridge located in Cheshire, Connecticut. It is part of the narrow, linear...
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Hanging Hills (category Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut)
The Hanging Hills of south central Connecticut, United States, are a range of mountainous trap rock ridges overlooking the city of Meriden and the Quinnipiac...
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King asleep in mountain (redirect from Sleeping hero)
sleep represents something positive. This kind of archetype is known as the "Chained Satan" archetype. Among examples of this are: The Sleeping Giant...
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Scouting in Connecticut has experienced many organizational changes since 1910. With only eight counties, Connecticut has had 40 Boy Scout Councils since...
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King...
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point is sea level. Notable geographic landmarks include Mount Carmel ("Sleeping Giant"), West Rock and East Rock. Hartford County (north) Middlesex County...
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Metacomet Ridge (category Metacomet Ridge, Connecticut)
of the Metacomet Ridge begins in New Haven, Connecticut, as West Rock Ridge and continues as Sleeping Giant, Mount Sanford, Peck Mountain, and Prospect...
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tornado passed through Beacon Falls, Bethany, and northern Hamden near Sleeping Giant State Park. A barn was destroyed in Bethany. Many roads were left impassible...
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visible. View looking south from the top of West Peak in Meriden, Connecticut. Sleeping Giant State Park can be seen. The largest transmission tower on West...
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October 1951. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com . "Giant "Bouncer" Effective". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. 12 August 1929. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com...
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of people from Darien, Connecticut, includes current and past residents as well as others associated with Darien, Connecticut. The list is categorized...
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The History of Hamden, Connecticut, 1786-1959. Map in frontispiece. Lehman, Eric D. (2010). Hamden: Tales from the Sleeping Giant. History Press. p. 21...
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Derby – Connecticut's Smallest City East Hampton – Belltown USA Groton – Submarine Capital of the World Hamden – Land of the Sleeping Giant Hartford...
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Taft Bridge (redirect from Connecticut Avenue Bridge)
The Taft Bridge (also known as the Connecticut Avenue Bridge or William Howard Taft Bridge) is a historic bridge located in the Northwest quadrant of...
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Cultural depictions of spiders (redirect from Giant Spider (Middle Earth))
person swallows a high number of spiders during sleep in one's life has no basis in reality. A sleeping person causes all kinds of noise and vibrations...
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Shrine (Saskatchewan) Mount Carmel, also known as Sleeping Giant, a small mountain in Connecticut Mount Carmel or Karmilio Oros, a peak at the southern...
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James and the Giant Peach is a musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and book by Timothy Allen McDonald based on Roald Dahl's 1961...
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parks, reserves, forests and wildlife management areas (WMAs) in the Connecticut state park and forest system, shown in five tables. The first table lists...
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In the U.S. state of Connecticut, state highways are grouped into signed routes, unsigned special service roads (SSR), and unsigned state roads (SR)....
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