# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling at Oconaluftee

Every fall, the male elk of the Great Smoky Mountains announce mating season with one of nature's most unforgettable sounds: the bugle. Deep, haunting, and wild, it's the kind of thing that stops you in your tracks.

Join us for an evening bus tour across the mountain to the Oconaluftee and Cherokee area of North Carolina, where elk gather in the fields as dusk settles in. Bring your dinner, settle into a chair, and wait for the show.

Your seasoned guide will lead the way, with a stop at the Oconaluftee Visitor Center along the route.

Thursday, September 24
Departs 2:00 PM, returns approximately 8:00 PM
$75 per person

Please bring your own dinner. Chairs provided.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/townsend/special-bus-tour-elk-bugling/200030532705006
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Townsend
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center
- **lat**: 35.676358871083
- **long**: -83.722389042377
- **full address**: Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend, TN 37882-4323, United States

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling being held?
  - **A:** Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling takes place on Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Thu, 24 Sep, 2026 at 02:00 pm at Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, 123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend, TN 37882-4323, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling?
  - **A:** Special Bus Tour: Elk Bugling is organized by Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center.

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