People always ask about where to put their survival retreat. To be honest that's almost impossible to answer unless one knows all the details involved like where they live, where they intend to bug out to if at all and so on. It's a little easier to tell people where not to put their retreat. There are some common traits that no matter where you live you don't want to do. The single most important issue in planning where to build a retreat is access to it. Nothing matters if you can't get there. Oh yea, don't forget the cost of the project, even if you have factored that in what about the cost of getting there in a crisis?
The first thing to do is to evaluate your personal situation and what threats you may face, once you have done that then you need to review what would cause these threats to come to pass. After completing that process then you can begin to form a plan on where to put your retreat. Also consider this, if after evaluating the situation you decide that you are pretty safe where you are then you need to start turning your own home into your survival retreat, the old saying about "don't fix it if it's not broke" comes to mind. Lets say you have decided for whatever reasons you may have that you can not stay in your home, now is when the off-site survival retreat comes into play.
When making your plans you will need to take many things into consideration including the cost of your planning, do you have the resources financially to pull it off including the transportation issue? If you have decided you do the next issue is do you have a safe and secure way to get to your retreat in an emergency? A good example would be can you access it via back roads not just major highways? What about in bad weather like during a hurricane or a blizzard? This issue is probably the single most important thing to consider when planning where you will place your retreat, why you may ask? The answer is straight forward, nothing you do and no matter what type of retreat you have and how well stocked and secure it may be can stop it all counting for nothing if you can't reach it or you die on the roadway in a radioactive fallout cloud. All of us have heard of people who have several acres of secluded mountain land that is the place they plan on going to in an emergency, which if you have the money is fine with me. But how many of these people could actually get there in an emergency? Most of these people plan on being there well ahead of time which means they are counting on seeing a bad situation develop and taking proactive steps to get out before its too late, which again is fine but probably not very realistic. Everyone, everyone gets caught off guard at some point, in this case it could be fatal.
Planning on reaching your survival retreat should include places to stop for fuel and other supplies such as food and clothing on the way there should it be needed. Alternative routes should your primary roadways be blocked is another important consideration. If you found alternative access to your retreat and it involves going on private property talk with the owners now to ensure you will have no problems when you need it. If at all possible have at least three different ways into your location, it can be as simple as the highway, secondary roads and then maybe a dirt road or private trail. Also take into consideration how far away your retreat is to be. Distance can equal safety but it also equals time. Ideally you should be able to reach your retreat in under two hours no matter what. The two hour time frame gives you around 75 to 100 miles distance from where you are under most circumstances, that distance is more than enough to protect you from even the largest nuclear weapon detonation. If you go past that time frame which again means farther away you are seriously pushing the envelope on being able to get there. Keep in mind that law enforcement/National Guard road blocks and checkpoints will start popping up around any effected areas, getting caught on either side of these is not where you want to be.
Take into consideration the vehicles you have access to, then ensure that at least one of them can reach your retreat in the worst possible weather you could face, all while carrying your need gear and supplies. Thinking you are going to get a helicopter ride is just stupid even if you own one, look no further than 9/11 and you will see if you are counting on flying you might as well scrap that plan now. Also don't in any way count on public transportation of any type, it is now and will then be totally under the control of the government. Hopefully this information helps you with deciding on where to place your retreat. Just remember you need to be able to get there or it all means nothing..............................
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