Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm | |
Nearest city | Lewiston, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 43°33′46″N 89°39′33″W / 43.56278°N 89.65917°W |
Area | 264 acres (107 ha) |
Built | 1935 |
NRHP reference No. | 78000082 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 14, 1978[1] |
Designated NHLD | January 16, 2009[2] |
The Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm is a historic farm on Levee Road in rural Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The property was acquired in the 1930s as a family summer retreat by the noted conservationist and writer Aldo Leopold and is the landscape that inspired his conservation ethic and the writing of his best-known work, A Sand County Almanac. The property is now owned and managed by the Aldo Leopold Foundation, which provides tours and other educational programs on the property and the adjacent visitors center. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2009.[2]