🚂 Sleep in a caboose on a 65 acre buffalo 🦬 ranch!

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See the bison in the field! Enjoy your morning coffee on the nice large deck

Fully equipped kitchen has everything you need to cook a meal in caboose.

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2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 556 sq m

Popular amenities

Pet-friendly

Kitchen

Barbecue grill

Washer

Dryer

Air conditioning

Check out the area

Clyde, NC

Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center16 min drive
Wheels Through Time Museum24 min drive
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds25 min drive
Asheville, NC (AVL-Asheville Regional)44 min drive

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 5)

Bedroom 1

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Double Futon

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio

Kitchen

Dining Area

About this property

Looking for a completely unique vacation? Sleep in our restored 1960's caboose! Completely renovated on the inside to ensure rest & relaxation while visiting the Smokies. The caboose has a private master bedroom, a cupola for the kids to sleep in, a full kitchen to cook meals in! You can literally lay in bed & see the buffalo herd out in the pasture!

Enjoy making memories while making smores over the fire pit outside as you watch the bison grazing in the field. Truly, Buffalo roam on this private 65 acre little piece of heaven tucked away in the mountains. Whether watching the sunrise over the mountain peaks while the Smoky Mountains clear up for a beautiful day, or setting your sights on our herd of buffalo coming for their morning oats. You will not be disappointed while you are enjoying a hot cup of coffee or cocoa on our large back deck of a unique rental!

If you are looking for a quiet 'get away from it all' retreat, this is it! Enjoy long hikes on the property, fishing within walking distance from the caboose or take a trip into town to do some shopping or antiquing.

Children will love the hike through the woods to the brand play area, The BC Corral! This custom designed area has everything from swings, zip line, slides, teeter totter, cargo nets, rock wall & even a horse shoe pit for the adults! The kids will love it here!

A stay at Buffalo Creek Vacations is surely one that your family will always enjoy looking back on!

We are pet friendly, size doesn't matter!

Please call Cheryl to answer any additional questions about Seaboard Coast Line #0877 Caboose!

Our other cabins:
Tatonka Lodge,sleeps 14- VRBO # 163324
Timber Hollow, sleeps 8 - VRBO # 581708
Bison Overlook Lodge, sleeps 8 - VRBO #131294
Bison Escape, sleeps 8 - VRBO #725816
Buffalo Bungalow, sleeps 2 - VRBO # 409851

Fun things to do: Great Smoky Mountain Railroad, Biltmore Estate, skiing at Cataloochee Ski Area, Tubing at Tony's Tube World, Ghost Town, hiking at Chimney Rock, tubing at Deep Creek, Fun Factory, Indoor skydiving, visit the Elk in Cataloochee Park, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, take a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Casino in Cherokee, slide down the rocks at Sliding Rockin the Pisgah National Forest, downhill skiing, snowboarding & tubing at Cataloochee Ski Resort, golf at Waynesville Country Club, Maggie Valley Country Club or Ironduff Golf Course!

Property manager

Cheryl Hillis

Premier Host

Languages

English

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Amenities

Kitchen

Washer

Dryer

Pet-friendly

Air conditioning

Mountain view

Enjoy your morning coffee on the nice large deck

Kitchen

Washer

Dryer

Pet-friendly

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 18

Check out before 11:00 AM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

Events allowed

Pets

Pets allowed

Pets are welcomed. *Uptodate on flea & tick

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Any change in reservation will result in a $20 reservation change fee.

Damage and incidentals

You will be responsible for any damage to the rental property caused by you or your party during your stay.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

Parties and events are allowed on site

Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

We should mention

A car is required for transport to and from this property

About the area

Clyde

Located in Clyde, this cabin is in a rural area. Lake Junaluska Golf Course and Balsam Spa are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Waynesville Recreation Center and Queen's Farm Stables. Travelling with kids? Consider Maggie Valley Festival Grounds and Fantasy Golf & Game Room. Discover the area's water adventures with rafting and fishing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with cycling and mountain biking.

Clyde, NC

What's nearby

Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center - 16 min drive
Wheels Through Time Museum - 24 min drive
Maggie Valley Festival Grounds - 25 min drive
Cataloochee Ski Area - 27 min drive
Cataloochee Valley - 41 min drive

Getting around

Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) - 45 min drive

Restaurants

Haywood Cafe - 9 min drive
Dunkin' - 16 min drive
Blue Rooster Southern Grill - 15 min drive
Burger King - 14 min drive
Sherrill's Pioneer Restaurant - 15 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is 🚂 Sleep in a caboose on a 65 acre buffalo 🦬 ranch! pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at 🚂 Sleep in a caboose on a 65 acre buffalo 🦬 ranch!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at 🚂 Sleep in a caboose on a 65 acre buffalo 🦬 ranch!?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is 🚂 Sleep in a caboose on a 65 acre buffalo 🦬 ranch! located?

This family-friendly Clyde cabin is located in a rural location, 0.4 mi (0.7 km) from Pigeon River, and within 12 mi (20 km) of Waynesville Recreation Center and Queen's Farm Stables. Lake Junaluska Golf Course and LoneBackpacker Gallery of World Photography are also within 12 miles (20 km).

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9.6/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn W.

20 Mar 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Caboose stay

We so loved our stay and the kids especially loved all the animals around to see and pet! The host was great and we were able to get buffalo steaks and eggs from there night there on the property for our meals! Will definitely come back!

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Curtis T.

19 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome stay home on the range

Came to Maggie Valley for a car show and couldn't have chosen a better place to stay.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brandon S.

19 Oct 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Family Adventure

We had an awesome Father and Son trip. Staying in the caboose was awesome. It was clean, comfortable, and had everything we needed. We enjoyed exploring the property and looking at all the animals. And the train museum was a blast. So much to see and to do. We hope yo go back again soon!

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Sam L.

10 Oct 2023

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fun place

We enjoyed it, great scenery.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barb C.

29 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location quiet space

This a is a really unique and cozy place to stay. The location is super beautiful and extremely quiet. And who knew there would be alpacas, a mini horse, a mini donkey, goats, chickens, a turkey and the friendliest rabbits I've ever met? It was perfect for my husband and me and our teen son.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

About the host

Hosted by Cheryl Hillis

My brothers & my husband had shared a vision of expanding my fathers buffalo ranch when additional property became available to purchase. With all our knowledge & experiences combine we have built 4 log homes & have been renting them out since 2004. Once my husband retires from the US Army in about 5 yrs our dream will be to build our log cabin on the property & be more hands on. God has blessed us beyond our wildest dreams. We hope you love the mountains like we have all come to love being transplants from a very flat NY!

Why they chose this property

My father had a love for trains & it was his idea to purchase the cabooses & turn them in to vacation rentals, We thought it would be very cool to tie in w/ the bison. Kind of gives it an 'ol western feel! Most folks think you have to go out west to see bison & they are surprised to find a herd in the Smoky Mountains of NC!

What makes this property unique

While staying at in our 1960's restored caboose we feel you will really enjoy the peace & tranquility of being secluded on 65 acres. The children will just love looking out the windows & literally seeing the bison roaming out in the pasture!
Another great amenity is the kids being able to "unplug" & take a hike to our custom designed playground as well as seeing the miniature horse, buffalo, goats & llamas.