Hiking trails near Cookeville, Tennessee

35 official trails lie within 25 miles of Cookeville — 96 miles in total, 21 rated easy and 3 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 727 ft; the median trail gains 217 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	Drive from town
Virgin Falls Trail	5.8	727 ft	Hard	1 h 10 min · 36 mi
Black Bear	7.8	436 ft	Hard	1 h 04 min · 44 mi
Rylander Falls to Wallace Home Connector Trail	4.2	498 ft	Moderate	1 h 02 min · 30 mi
Virgin Falls to Rylander Falls Connector Trail	2.7	547 ft	Moderate	1 h 28 min · 47 mi
Cumberland River Wilderness Trail	4.0	277 ft	Moderate	49 min · 27 mi
Lake Trail	4.6	245 ft	Moderate	44 min · 34 mi
Dry Creek Falls Trail	3.5	504 ft	Moderate	1 h 02 min · 30 mi
Low Gap Trail	2.3	475 ft	Moderate	1 h 02 min · 30 mi
Hemlock Springs Trail	1.3	681 ft	Easy	1 h 13 min · 37 mi
Window Cliffs Trail	2.7	314 ft	Moderate	27 min · 11 mi
John Cole Mountain Trail	3.8	223 ft	Moderate	1 h 04 min · 34 mi
Merritt Ridge Trail	2.3	296 ft	Moderate	41 min · 26 mi
Lowland Trail	5.3	48 ft	Moderate	50 min · 27 mi
Upland Trail	2.5	174 ft	Easy	1 h 10 min · 36 mi
Connector Trail	1.5	322 ft	Easy	39 min · 25 mi
Highland Rim Nature Trail	1.4	359 ft	Easy	36 min · 24 mi
Millennium Trail	1.8	193 ft	Easy	40 min · 25 mi
Ambers Den Ridge Trail	2.4	217 ft	Easy	1 h 11 min · 36 mi
Blackburn Fork River Trail	1.3	161 ft	Easy	24 min · 12 mi
Collins River Nature Trail	2.7	89 ft	Easy	47 min · 35 mi
Chestnut Mountain Ranch Trail	2.1	146 ft	Easy	1 h 07 min · 35 mi
Sparta Calfkiller River Greenway Trail 3	1.8	88 ft	Easy	27 min · 19 mi
Delia Bell Trail	1.5	114 ft	Easy	24 min · 12 mi
Downstream Trail	1.2	54 ft	Easy	53 min · 33 mi

Quick picks near Cookeville

Easy and short: Hemlock Springs Trail — 1.3 mi, rated easy, 24 mi from town
Biggest climb: Virgin Falls Trail — 727 ft over 5.8 mi, 24 mi from town

What the trails reach

Waterfalls: Virgin Falls Trail to Virgin Falls; Virgin Falls to Rylander Falls Connector Trail to Virgin Falls; Blackburn Fork River Trail to Cummins Falls

Summits: Chestnut Mountain Ranch Trail to Chestnut Mountain

Lakes: Lake Trail to Standingstone Lake; Collins River Nature Trail to Great Falls Lake; Cookeville Cane Creek Park Trail 1 to Cane Creek Lake

Viewpoints: Virgin Falls Trail to Martha's Pretty Point; Upland Trail to Martha's Pretty Point; Blackburn Fork River Trail to Cummins Falls Overlook; Delia Bell Trail to Overlook

Trail guides near Cookeville

Lower Loop Trail — 11.5 mi, 760 ft climb · 34 mi away

Nearby towns: Crossville (30 mi) · McMinnville (35 mi) · Rockwood (51 mi) · Dayton (53 mi)

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