Research Stations
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Extension Center
Jeff Chandler, Director of Research & Extension
74 Research Drive
Mills River, North Carolina 28759-3429
PHONE: (828) 684-7197
DIRECTIONS: From Interstate 26, take Exit #40 (the Asheville Regional Airport [http://www.flyavl.com/] exit). At the top of the exit ramp, turn onto Airport Rd. toward the airport and follow Airport Rd./Boylston Hwy./Highway 280 for 1.3 miles. Immediately after the end of the Airport Runway, turn right at the traffic light onto Ferncliff Park Drive (formerly named 'Old Fanning Bridge Rd.’). As you reach the traffic circle, follow it around to the 3rd right-turn onto Old Fanning Bridge Rd. After going across the bridge over the French Broad River, take the first right into our facility on Research Drive.