He loved life and the people of the Yampa Valley and was always ready to protect anyone who lived here from any danger. Sleeping Giant (also known as Mount Carmel) is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet (225 m), located eight miles (13 km) north of New Haven, Connecticut. http://yampavalley.info/centers/local_lore_and_more/pages/legend_of_the_sleeping_giant"The Sleeping Giant is located at the west end of Steamboat. Unlike the nearby Zirkels, Park Range, or Elkhead mountains, The Sleeping Giant stands alone and is not distinctly linked to other peaks or ridges. (20), Climber's Log Entries Luxury and rugged nature blend on this enticing island.

Erosion occurring between the eruptions deposited deep layers of sediment between the lava flows, which eventually lithified into sedimentary rock.

[15] The same year, the Montana Wilderness Association (MWA) began meeting with local residents in a long-term effort to build public support for formally designating the Sleeping Giant WSA a wilderness. After about 9 miles (and immediately after crossing the Elk River) take a right (north) on County Road 44. The mountain is surrounded by private lands, but the mountain itself is composed of both BLM and Colorado State Lands parcels. Sierra de Segària is a mountainous alignment that extends from NE to SO through the municipalities of Ondara, Benimeli, Ráfol de Almunia, Pego, El Verger and Beniarbeig Separate the valley of the Girona river, or valley of the Rectory, Pego-Oliva. Works for me.The trail up The Sleeping Giant isn't much of a trail.

The basalt cliffs are the product of several massive lava flows hundreds of feet deep that welled up in faults created by the rifting apart of North America from Eurasia and Africa.

I fondly remember the stories my parents used to tell me as a child of a sleeping giant that lived in the upper Swansea Valley near Ystradgynlais. The beautiful valley has rivers, waterfalls and mountains to explore and is excellent walking country. There is a footpath running through the range, leading to the ancient Arab settlements of the house of King Al-Azraq (according to popular legend), where there are still some Iberian and Moorish archaeological remains. [2][3] The Sleeping Giant study area is a critical mountain goat habitat in the state of Montana, and also contains significant populations of bald eagles, bighorn sheep, black bear, brook trout, cutthroat trout, elk, golden eagles, mule deer, osprey, and peregrine falcons.

Sleeping Giant Wilderness Study Area is a non-motorized recreation area located on the west side of the Missouri River and Holter Lake located about 30 miles (48 km) north of Helena, Montana.