Montessori Learning Community

fostering child development

BldgExt904Our school is conveniently located in Mills River, NC, just 15 mintues from Asheville or Hendersonville, on a twenty acre campus with new facilities, a stream, fields and forest (near the Mt. State Fairground).

Our physical address is 2041 Old Fanning Bridge Road, Mills River NC 28759.

Our students hail from:

  • Asheville
  • Arden
  • Skyland
  • Fletcher
  • Mills River
  • Flat Rock
  • Swannanoa
  • West Asheville
  • Hendersonville
  • Columbus-Tryon
  • Black Mountain

 

Directions

From I-26 (Asheville, Arden, Hendersonville, Greenville):

Take I-26 to Exit 40 (”Airport, Arden”); turn West (toward the airport) on Airport Road.

Go 1.5 mile, PAST the airport parking lots & runways and the Broadmoor golf course, turn Right onto Old Fanning Bridge Road (past the arena and fairgrounds) (Small sign: “Welcome to Henderson County” and large green sign: “Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center”).

Go 2 miles, across the river, past the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center. Unity Center will be on your Left (1/2 mile before the intersection with Route 191).

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From Brevard or Etowah:

Take Rt. 280 (Boyleston Hwy, the “Brevard connector”) to Mills River

Go 1.2 miles past Food Lion, then turn Left on Rt. 191 North (Old Haywood Road) (at traffic light; brown sign for “Powhatan Recreation Area”)

Go 1.4 miles and turn Right on Old Fanning Bridge Road (green sign for “Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center”)

Go 1/2 mile (past McKinney’s Small Fruits) to Unity Center – on your Right.

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From west Henderson county or HorseShoe :

Take Rt. 191 to Mills River

Turn Right on Rt. 280/191 (Boyleston Hwy, the “Brevard connector”)

Go 1.2 miles and turn Left on Rt. 191 North (Old Haywood Road) (at traffic light: brown sign for “Powhatan Recreation Area”)

Go 1.4 miles and turn Right on Old Fanning Bridge Road (green sign for “Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Center”)

Go 1/2 mile (past McKinney’s Small Fruits) to Unity Center – on your Right.