Where you choose to locate your survival retreat is as important as the preparatory supplies you store there. Choose unwisely and you can ensure yourself an unusable location and likely you will have to relocate.

Carefully consider your choices, however, and you can ensure that you choose a place that can serve as a bug-out refuge or just a camp where you can escape the “real world” for years to come.

Distance – If you’re purchasing a piece of property to serve as a bug out location, then you really need to consider how far that property is from your current home. Unless you have a good refueling plan, property that you can’t make it to on a single tank of gas should really be reconsidered.

Water Sources – A good reliable water source is one of the most important considerations when choosing a bug out retreat. From fresh water springs and rivers to underground well water, the need for a clean and renewable water source is the number one factor to consider when looking for survival properties.
• What water sources are on the land?
• Are they renewable and will they be there year round?
• Is the property graded in a way that allows for a pond or cistern to catch rain water?

Natural Resource – Another important factor in choosing your property is the area’s natural resources.
• How easy is it to grow food on your land?
• Does the area support a decent size population of wild animals for hunting?
• Can you easily raise livestock on the land?

Natural Threats – From tornadoes and hurricanes to earthquakes and droughts, natural weather patterns and environmental threats need be to thoroughly researched before deciding on a property. Make sure you know exactly what threats you will be facing and how the local climate will affect your ability to grow food, hunt and obtain resources throughout the year.
• Look at the areas historical data to better get an idea what the location might look like in the future.
• Take into account things like droughts, flash floods, tornadoes and earthquakes.

These are four primary and critical considerations you must take into account as you are selecting the land for your survival retreat.

Other things to think about are the ease of which you can access it in a moment of chaos and whether the climate where you live is conducive to storing food stuff that is not canned.

To see a list of the major things you should consider first and foremost, check out Off Grid Survival.