Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Walk the farm where poet Carl Sandburg spent his last 22 years, tour his house and meet the dairy goat herd in the barn.

81 Carl Sandburg Ln · Flat Rock, NC

About Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Connemara is the farm where the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Sandburg lived from 1945 until his death, publishing more than a third of his works here. Guided tours are the only way to see inside the house, and the dairy barn holds a goat herd of the three breeds his wife Lilian raised. About 5 miles of trails on moderate to steep terrain wind past pastures, mountainside woods, two small lakes, gardens and an apple orchard.

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