Any advice for "Carve the Cumberland on the Tennessee Twelve"? Staying in Cookeville TN

[NewtonNole]

Wife and I are doing 3 nights in Cookeville TN for the 2nd week of June. Any hidden gems for food, beer, and sights in the area? All roads, routes, and places of ill repute appreciated ( I was just searching for another 'R' word

We are leaving the Fl panhandle, traveling through the Talladega National Forest and onto the Covered Bridge Trail into Muscle Shoals. I thought I'd visit Mr. Jack Daniels and loop the plateau before heading to the Devils Triangle and down through 129 and The Dragon.

I am open for most anything. I love local flavor, breweries, and bourbon.

I stumbled across this website when route planning and thought, "Why Not?"

Motorcycles | Cookeville-Putnam County

Wanna see why Cookeville is known for epic riding?! The state of Tennessee has some of the most beautiful backroads and scenic routes in the world, and the Upper Cumberland region boasts some of Tennessee's best. Situated at the crossroads of Interstate 40 and State Highway 111, Cookeville is...

visitcookevilletn.com

 

[Uncle Phil]

Lots of good roads in the area.
Highway 70N from Cookeville west to Chestnut Mound, 53 north up to Gainesboro, 135 back down to Cookeville is a nice loop.
Or 70N all the way to 96, 96 across Center Hill Dam, when you come to 70, turn around and go back the way you came.
Or longer, 85 out of Gainesboro to Livingston, 84 to Monterrey, Woodcliff road to Algood, 42 to back to Cookeville.
Just a few possibilities ...

 

[NewtonNole]

 

[tjhiggin]

AL-281 is worth a look. Would only require a slight mod to your route. And you could stop at Mount Cheaha, Alabama's highest point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_281

 

[NewtonNole]

AL-281 is worth a look. Would only require a slight mod to your route. And you could stop at Mount Cheaha, Alabama's highest point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_281

It was supposed to be in there. I keep losing things hacking Google Maps. (Student state testing today, so I am bored) It was supposed to come to Wolf Pen Gap too. I'll fix it on my Garmin.

 

[rogo]

No reason to subject yourself to Atlanta unless you really need to.

 

[NewtonNole]

No reason to subject yourself to Atlanta unless you really need to.

Son lives there. It's a must stop, and I bike through it often.