Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
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Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site:
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Name Type1 Location Year authorized Size
acres (hectares)
Description
Acadia NP SE Maine 1919 48,419 (19,603) Mountain and coast scenery.
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Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Flat Rock, NC 28731
Phone:828-693-4178
Fax:828-693-4179
Web: www.nps.gov/carl/
Size: 264 acres.
Established: Authorized on October 17, 1968; established on October 27, 1972.
Location:In Flat Rock, NC, 3 miles south of Hendersonville, off US 25.
Facilities:Information station, rest rooms (é), hiking trails, museum/exhibit. Entrance fee required.
Activities:Hiking, house tours and other ranger-led programs.
Special Features:"Connemara" was the farm home of the noted poet-author for the last 22 years of his life (1945-1967). During his residence here, he published more than one-third of his works. The historic site consists of a 22-room house, barns, sheds, rolling pastures, mountainside woods, walking/hiking trails, two small lakes, ponds, flower and vegetable gardens, and an orchard.
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