Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
“I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write as they do. After hundreds of experiments I decided to go my own way in style and see what would happen.” Carl Sandburg's free verse style of poetry, journalism, biography, children's stories, prose writing, and social activism provided a popular voice for the American people of the twentieth century.
The park is located three miles south of Hendersonville, NC on Little River Road off of the Greenville Highway/Rt. 225 in Flat Rock, NC. Visitors using GPS or mapping software should use 1800 Little River Road and look for the signs directing you to the main visitor parking lot off Little River Road. To access the Hikers Parking lot, use 81 Carl Sandburg Lane as the GPS address. You will see signs for the Hiker's parking lot, on the left, just before Carl Sandburg Lane.
- Arts and Culture
- Theater
- Guided Tours
- African American Heritage
- Arts
- Poetry and Literature
- Enslavement
- Farming and Agriculture
- Incarceration
- Japanese-American Internment
- Music
Carl Sandburg Home NHS
The Sandburg family enjoyed living in the Carolina mountains along with a collection of 12,000 books and a herd of dairy goats.
Visitor Entrance to Carl Sandburg Home NHS
A view of the front lake and Sandburg Home as visitors enter the park
Connemara Farms
Connemara Farms dairy goats graze peacefully near the Sandburg barn
Carl Sandburg's Study
A view of Sandburg's study as visitors see it today
Kid Goats Greet Visitors
Spring-born kid goats greet visitors to the barn.
Hiking Trails in the Park
Visitors can enjoy more than five miles of hiking trails through the park.