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Resources for exploring the area
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Exploring Bushnell
A small town southeast of Lake Panasoffkee, Bushnell is the county seat of Sumter County.
Bushnell is surrounded by agricultural lands and conservation lands along the basins of the Withlacoochee River and the Green Swamp.
Both the Western Corridor of the Florida Trail and the route of the Florida Coast to Coast Trail pass south of Bushnell, crossing US 301 near Ridge Manor.
Dade Battlefield State Park, an important historic site from the Seminole Wars of the 1830s, is within the city limits.
Trails and Parks near Bushnell
Dade Battlefield Historic State Park The Second Seminole War began amid the longleaf pines in these woods near Bushnell, the meeting place of Federal troops and Seminole warriors on December 25, 1835.
Dade Battlefield Pine Flatwoods Trail Walk a gentle loop through the longleaf pine forest that saw one of the bloodiest moments in Florida history, the Dade Massacre that sparked the Second Seminole War on December 28, 1835.
Hog Island Nature Trail For a dip into primordial wilderness along the Withlacoochee River, walk the Hog Island Nature Trail at Hog Island Recreation Area in Withlacoochee State Forest
Van Fleet Trail Cruise up a wooded corridor through the Green Swamp along 29.2 miles of paved trail on an old rail corridor optimized for a long ride through the heart of rural Central Florida