The regional road 338 between Tampere and Ruovesi runs through Kämmenniemi.
The distance from the village to the city center of Tampere is about 25 kilometers.
Among other things, the annual Teisko market is organized in Kämmenniemi.
[3] Kämmenniemi is mentioned in the land register of 1540 as a village of five houses called Kemmenniemi, later also in the form Kemenniemi.
Teisko, which originally belonged to Messukylä as a chapel parish, became independent in 1860.