Mike and Amanda smiling together at a suspension bridge over a canyon

Your hosts

Hi, we're Mike & Amanda.

We're the couple behind Backwater Bungalows, and we look after every stay ourselves. Taylor Creek Cottage is open now, and the Pond House and Pond Cabin near Lake Seminole are on the way. Book here and you deal directly with us: no booking fees, quick answers.

Call or text 863-532-0058

How our two places are connected

Lake Seminole and Lake Okeechobee sit at either end of the Seminole people's story. It began with Creek families moving south from Georgia and Alabama, and the first battle of the Seminole Wars was fought near Bainbridge, just up the Flint River from Lake Seminole. Twenty years later, after being pushed down the length of Florida, Seminole and Miccosukee fighters made a stand on Christmas Day 1837 beside Taylor Creek, a few minutes from our cottage. The Seminole Tribe of Florida still calls the Lake Okeechobee area home today.

Near Taylor Creek Cottage

Okeechobee Battlefield Historic State Park A few minutes away. Walk the site of the 1837 Battle of Okeechobee. Visit website Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum The Seminole Tribe of Florida's own museum, on the Big Cypress Reservation. A day trip south of the lake. Visit website

Near the Pond House & Pond Cabin

Seminole State Park On Lake Seminole south of Donalsonville. Trails, a boat ramp and a swimming beach. Visit website Three Rivers State Park Where the Flint and Chattahoochee rivers meet to form Lake Seminole. Trails and a fishing pier. Visit website Battle of Fowltown marker Near Bainbridge. Marks the 1817 fight many historians call the start of the Seminole Wars. Visit website

Be first to book Lake Seminole

We'll email you the day the Pond House and Pond Cabin open.