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About Mills River, NC

Mills River is a small mountain city 15 miles south of Asheville, accessible via I-26 Exit 40. The area sits in the Blue Ridge foothills with mild mountain weather year-round. US 25 connects north to Asheville and south to Hendersonville, while NC 280 leads east to Brevard and Pisgah National Forest. Asheville Regional Airport is just 10 miles away. The town is known for hosting Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's massive East Coast brewery and taproom.

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Mills River, NC is in United States, at 35.385, -82.585 - about 25 km south of Biltmore Forest, NC.

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The closest airport to Mills River, NC is Asheville Regional Airport, 11 km (about 12 min by car).

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