Off Interstate 40 between Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, Cookeville, Tennessee, sits on the Cumberland Plateau amid college-town energy and waterfall country, and the Best Western Thunderbird Motel makes an easy base. Tennessee Tech University, the historic downtown, and the Cane Creek sports complex all sit close by the hotel's front door. Roomy rooms bring the comforts of home along with the chain's signature touches, and the hotel welcomes pets. The central location keeps the interstate, the university, and downtown within easy reach for a road trip, a campus visit, or a weekend away. The plateau rewards a day outdoors, with Burgess Falls, Cummins Falls, and Edgar Evins State Park all a short drive and golf courses and the Waterloo events venue close by. Rich Froning's CrossFit Mayhem also draws fitness fans to town each year. Chase the waterfalls of the Cumberland Plateau, then settle into a convenient crossroads base in Cookeville.