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Sleeping Giant Observation Tower & Hobbomock Legend

Hamden, CT

The long ridge resembles a giant figure lying on its back and is tied to Indigenous traditions involving the giant spirit Hobbomock. A stone observation tower built in the 1930s stands at the end of one of the park's best-known hikes.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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