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The Sleeping Giant is 2.75 miles (4.43 km) long and 1.75 miles (2.82 km) wide. Also known as Mount Carmel, it has a high point of 739 feet (225 m). It is part of the narrow Metacomet Ridge that stretches from Long Island Sound near New Haven to the border of Vermont. The Giant is known for its expansive clifftop vistas, rugged topography and microclimate ecosystems.

According to Native Americans of the Quinnipiac Tribe, the giant stone spirit Hobbomock (or Hobomock), a prominent wicked figure in many stories, became enraged about the mistreatment of his people and stamped his foot down in anger, diverting the course of the Connecticut River. 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.

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