Picnic Bench

Picnic Bench is a picnic site in Manatee County, Florida. Picnic Bench is situated nearby to the park DeSoto National Memorial, as well as near the tourism office Visitor Center.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include De Soto National Memorial and Palma Sola Botanical Park.

De Soto National Memorial

Protected area

Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

De Soto National Memorial is a national memorial located in Manatee County, approximately five miles west of Bradenton, Florida. The national memorial commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States.

Palma Sola Botanical Park

Park

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Palma Sola Botanical Park is a botanical garden located at 9800 17th Avenue N.W. Bradenton, Florida, United States. The park showcases collections of rare palms, fruits, and flowering trees, as well as three lakes, a butterfly garden, gazebo, and pavilion. Palma Sola Botanical Park is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Picnic Bench.

Snead Island

Island

Snead Island is a small island to the west of Palmetto, Florida. The island is primarily residential, although there are two private dry boat storage facilities or boatworks located on the island. Snead Island is situated 1½ miles east of Picnic Bench.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Palma Sola and Cortez.

Palma Sola

Hamlet

Palma Sola is an unincorporated area of Manatee County, Florida, United States. The botanical garden in Bradenton, Florida is known as the Palma Sola Botanical Garden.

Cortez

Locality

Cortez, a census-designated place in Manatee County, Florida, United States, is a small Gulf Coast commercial fishing village that was founded by settlers from North Carolina in the 1880s. Cortez is situated 4½ miles south of Picnic Bench.