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Lake Panasoffkee Florida Map

Explore Lake Panasoffkee, Florida, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Lake Panasoffkee, Florida

How to Use This Lake Panasoffkee, Florida Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Lake Panasoffkee, Florida. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Florida or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Lake Panasoffkee.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Lake Panasoffkee
State	Florida (FL)
County	Sumter County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Eastern Time (America/New_York)

Latitude	28.784289
Longitude	-82.123072
Population	4,072
Density	365.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	33585, 33538
Area Code	407, 321
County Seat	Bushnell
School District	Sumter County School District

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About Lake Panasoffkee, Florida

Lake Panasoffkee is a locality in Sumter County, Florida, United States. It has a population of approximately 4,072. The population density is 365.6 people per km². Lake Panasoffkee is located at 28.7843°N, 82.1231°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 33585, 33538.

Lake Panasoffkee emerges from the subtropical humidity as a low-slung expanse of sawgrass and tangled cypress, where the heavy, moisture-laden air seems to hold the very light of the sun in a suspended, golden amber glow. It lies 8.3 miles south-southwest of Wildwood, FL (from Wildwood, FL: bearing 204°T), and is situated 6.4 miles north of Bushnell. Beyond the immediate shoreline, the terrain yields to the pale, sandy soil of the interior, where the horizon is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Tomato Hill. The water of Lake Panasoffkee itself remains the lifeblood of the basin, feeding into the narrow, winding veins of Shady Brook, while the surrounding landscape transitions toward the dense, shadowed thickets of Withlacoochee State Forest. Even here, twenty-two miles from the nearest open coastline, the atmospheric pressure suggests the proximity of the sea, carrying a faint, salt-tinged breeze that stirs the fronds of palmetto scrub and cools the stillness of the afternoon.

Generations have measured their days by the shifting water levels and the seasonal migrations of the bass, anchoring the local economy to the rhythms of the outdoors rather than the frantic pace of the urban centers to the south. History lingers in the quietude of Warm Spring Hammock and the expansive, open vistas of Clark Prairie, where the remnants of early settlement remain tucked beneath the canopy of ancient oaks. Social life finds a modest, unpretentious focus at the Lake Panasoffkee Dog Park, a simple space where the residents gather as the sky turns the color of a bruised plum, signaling the inevitable arrival of the evening thunderstorms. The labor of the land persists in the small-scale agricultural efforts and the steady maintenance of the waterways, ensuring that Lake Panasoffkee retains a character defined by the patience of those who have learned to thrive in a landscape that neither demands nor offers much in the way of artifice.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Lake Panasoffkee Recreation Park (Local Park) — 0.6 mi, 207° SW
Lake Panasoffkee Dog Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 175° S
Withlacoochee State Forest (State Resource Management Area) — 1.4 mi, 270° W
Half Moon Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.4 mi, 310° NW
Barnstorm Theater (Cinema) — 7.4 mi, 056° NE
South Sumter High School Stadium (Stadium) — 7.8 mi, 177° S
Log Breast Works (Historic Ruins) — 9.2 mi, 181° S
Withlacoochee State Trail (State Recreation Area) — 10.3 mi, 263° W
Fort Cooper State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 276° W
Historic Duval House (Attraction) — 10.7 mi, 257° W
Floral City Heritage Museum (Museum) — 10.7 mi, 257° W
The Villages High School Stadium (Stadium) — 11.6 mi, 033° NE
Old Mill Playhouse Theatre (Cinema) — 12.4 mi, 046° NE
Pilaklakha (Historic Ruins) — 13.4 mi, 141° SE
Flat Island Preserve (Nature Reserve) — 13.5 mi, 092° E
Lake Griffin State Park (State Park) — 14.2 mi, 070° E
Melon Patch Theatre (Theatre) — 14.5 mi, 082° E
Spanish Springs Town Square (Attraction) — 15.0 mi, 044° NE
Pink Elephant (Public Artwork) — 15.9 mi, 294° NW
Perry Oldenburg Wildlife and Environmental Area (Nature Reserve) — 17.2 mi, 227° SW
Florida Carriage Museum (Museum) — 17.3 mi, 050° NE
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway State Recreation and Conservation Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.8 mi, 349° N
Citrus County Art League Center and Theater (Theatre) — 19.7 mi, 294° NW
Vortex Pit (Attraction) — 21.2 mi, 002° N
Hernando HIgh School Performing Arts Center (Arts Centre) — 21.9 mi, 226° SW
Old Glory Plaque (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 226° SW
Ocala National Forest (National Forest) — 23.9 mi, 048° NE · 385k acres
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 26.2 mi, 265° W · 85k acres
Crystal River Preserve State Park (Marine Protected Area) — 27.9 mi, 273° W
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 29.6 mi, 260° W · 24k acres

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