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Happenings
Plan Your Park Visit – Things to know before you go:
Pedestrian detour in place from the Main parking lot to the farm and house area. It’s a half-mile walk from the Hikers’ parking lot to the farm and house area. If you need help accessing the farm and house area from either parking lot, please call the phone number listed on the signs in both lots. Limited shuttle availability.
Grounds –
Trails: Open dawn till dusk, 7 days a week
Barn: Open 7 days a week, 10 am – 4 pm
Bookstore –
Visitor Center: Open Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat, and Sun, 10 am – 4 pm
House tours: No advanced tour reservations at this time. Limited first-come, first-served tours may be available. Please check at the Visitor Center.
**Please note: the restrooms at the main parking lot are open, but portable toilets and hand washing stations still remain near the main house, the barn, and hikers lot. Please plan your visit accordingly. Need more info? Visit the National Park page here: Plan Your Visit – Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Congratulations to our 2025 Friends of Carl Sandburg Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to McCrea Robinson for being the 2025 winner of The Friends of Carl Sandburg’s Donald E. Hubbs Scholarship. This scholarship is sponsored by The Friends of Carl Sandburg and awarded through the Community Foundation of Henderson County. The scholarship Fund serves to provide financial support for local Henderson County students seeking a college degree in the fields of Conservation, Animal Science, or Parks and Recreation. McCrea is going to be attending UNC Wilmington to major in Marine Biology with her focus being marine mammals. She’s a hard-working student currently holding down two summer jobs and is passionate about a future knowing that her degree, focus, and education matters and has a purpose. We wish you great success in your college journey and thank you for planning a future dedicated to helping animals!
Congratulations to Jesse Jakubielski for winning The Friends of Carl Sandburg’s Miles Sollom Scholarship. This scholarship is sponsored by The Friends of Carl Sandburg and awarded through the Community Foundation of Henderson County. The scholarship Fund serves to provide financial support for local Henderson County students seeking a college degree in the fields of Conservation, Animal Science, or Parks and Recreation. Jesse will be returning to Appalachian State University as a junior majoring in Recreation Management with a concentration in commercial recreation and tourism. She’s a hard-working student and hopes through her studies, she can assist in creating wonderful recreational memories for the public just as Flat Rock and the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site has for her. We wish you great success in your college journey and thank you for planning a future dedicated to community enrichment.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to the 2025 FRESH kids graduates!
A family dinner and graduation was held on August 14 to celebrate and honor this year’s ten students in the FRESH (Flat Rock Exceptional Sandburg Helpers) program. Supported by the Henderson County 4-H and the National Park Service, the program’s kids ages worked hard for several weeks learning about goat care and barn chores, educating visitors, and discussing the history of the Park and Mrs. Sandburg’s work with goats.
Three of the students also participated in the 4-H dairy goat show at the North Carolina Mountain State Fair in September.
Thank you to our dedicated Park Rangers for working with these local youth and teachihng them skills, knowledge and the ability to share with others!
Sandburg’s Books Around Town -Book Donations -Little Free Library
Over the past few years, The Friends of Carl Sandburg have donated many Sandburg authored books throughout Henderson and neighboring counties to Little Free Libraries. These locations and “book drops” were shared through our social media channels.
Our hope is to continue this service and offer people an opportunity to read some of Carl Sandburg’s poetry, children’s tales, or even borrow a copy of local author John W. Quinley’s – Discovering Carl Sandburg, a book celebrating “the Eclectic Life of an American Icon.” So check out a local Little Free Library, set out on a search to find a book and discover a bit about Carl Sandburg.
Here’s a link about the Little Free Library program – you can find lots of information about this nonprofit, and a map to assist in locating local libraries. Visit: Take a Book. Share a Book. – Little Free Library
