Cookeville
Walkable Tennessee college town — home to Tennessee Technological University — with a centre full of cafés, restaurants, and historic churches, and easy access to nearby mountains. Cookeville serves as the largest city in its region and has seen steady growth in recent years, drawing independent travellers looking for a smaller-city base in the Upper Cumberland area.
Description drafted with AI from public sources such as Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap. How this works
- Population32,113
- Nearest water from center 0.1 km0.1 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 3.7 km2.3 mi
Nearest airports
Nearest train stations
Cookeville: quick answers
Where is Cookeville?
Cookeville is in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States, about 115 km72 miles in a straight line from Nashville.
How do you get to Cookeville?
The nearest airport is Crossville (CSV), about 43 min away by road. The nearest train station is Lebanon, about 57 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Cookeville?
The warmest month is July, averaging 25°C77°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 3°C38°F. The wettest month is December, with about 136 mm5.4 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Cookeville?
OpenStreetMap lists 6 museums, 13 restaurants, 8 cafés and 26 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.