Educational programs such as a monthly children's cultural- arts program plus concerts, lectures, and other special events are offered on site, as well. And each fall, Mountain Heritage Day, a festival of mountain music, food, crafts, and storytelling, attracts 35,000 celebrators. Traveling west on I-40 from Asheville, take Exit 27 to US 74. From the exit, take NC 107 south and follow the signs to the university. The Mountain Heritage Center is on the ground floor of the Robinson Administration Building, the first building off the four-lane highway.
Nobody knows what it says, but over the years it has been the subject of a lot of talk.
Judaculla Rock is a large soapstone slab carved with pictographs that have yet to be translated. He is said to have landed at what is today Caney Fork Creek and left the markings on the soapstone.