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Tennessee Central Heritage Rail Trail route map
Difficulty: EasyOut and Back
Tennessee

Tennessee Central Heritage Rail Trail

Cookeville, Tennessee

5.6 mi

Distance

112 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 55m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Tennessee Central Heritage Rail Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:337 ft
Max:354 ft
Gain:81 ft
Loss:81 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 337 ft and 354 ft across 5.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.337 ft343 ft348 ft354 ft0.0 mi1.4 mi2.8 mi4.2 mi5.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi340 ft
High point2.7 mi354 ft
End5.6 mi340 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Algood, TN · in or next to town
County:
Putnam County, TN

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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