While tramping up a steep, rocky trail toward the 739-foot summit of Mount Carmel at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden last week, our hiking group paused to watch a garter snake slither ...

People gather on the quarry floor at Sleeping Giant in Hamden to celebrate the Sleeping Giant Park Association's purchase of the mountain's head and the exit of the quarrying company in Oct. 1933 ...

During September, Mount Adams, the largest volcano by area and volume, was more active than it has been in decades. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) and ...

On Oct. 30, the New Haven Museum honored the park’s centennial birthday by hosting a presentation on “The Founding of Sleeping Giant State Park,” led by Trina Mace Learned. The presentation began with ...

Sleeping Giant State Park is one of Connecticut’s most beloved hiking destinations. The mountain is about 210 million years old, but this October marks the 100th anniversary of its designation ...