275 Wilderness Bug Out Locations For Your Family

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By Joel Jefferson •  4 min read

We always talk about Bug Out Locations in the abstract: “I’ll grab my bag and go” Go where? “The wilderness” is not an answer. If you don’t have a specific location you are unprepared. Bug Out contains a detailed list of 275 prime wilderness Bug Out Locations.

The Bug Out Book

Bug Out Scott Williams Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late by Scott Williams is an excellent survival book dedicated completely to your Bug Out Plan.

Full Disclosure: Scott was nice enough to send me a free copy of the book to review here, but I’m going to give you my honest opinion about it regardless.

Bug Out was published in June 2010 and has 302 pages packed full of information, detailed maps, illustrations, and gear lists.

Part 1: Bug Out Basics

The Fantasy and Reality of Living Off the Land 

Scott gives a very down to earth perspective and shares the stories of several famous survivalists, both good and bad.

The Bug Out Bag 

Covers everything from choosing your bag to important gear selection. He goes over essential survival gear and doesn’t recommend bunches of modern junk gear.

Advance Planning and Location Selection 

Gets into the meat of the book and encourages readers to carefully choose their Bug Out Location by region and important things to remember about climate, terrain, natural resource, and various types of public use land.

Transportation

This chapters his almost all of the possible means of travel you could use in getting to your But Out Location and the pros and cons of each.

Part 2: But Out Locations

The second half of the book is a gigantic and detailed list of Bug Out Locations made up mostly of public use lands like National Parks, Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Corps of Engineers, Wildlife Refuges, State Land, and some private land areas.

Bug Out LocationsThe 275 possible Bug Out Locations are broken down into 8 regions of the country. Each region is outlined with a detailed map and information on weather, climate, land, resources, hunting, fishing, wildlife hazards, and specific equipment needed.

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Detailed Locations

Many of the 275 Bug Out Locations in the book get their own section of several paragraphs detailing things like the exact location, size of the land area, means of access, resources in the region and many other useful tips.

This section of the book is not something you would sit down and read cover to cover, but use as a resource for planning and scouting Bug Out Locations in your area. You really have to read it to understand the level of research and detail that went into this guide.

About The Author

Scott Willams Bug OutScott B. Williams has been exploring wild places perfecting his wilderness survival skills for most of his live, beginning with hunting and fishing while growing up in Mississippi.

His adventures include thousands of miles of solo long-distance sea kayaking journeys in the U.S. and abroad, as well as extended wilderness canoeing and backpacking trips in every region of the U.S.

Scott has published four previous books including On Island Time: Exploring the Caribbean, Exploring Coastal Mississippi, and Paddling the Pascagoula.

He also blogs about Boat Building and of course his dedicated site But Out Survival.

Dislikes

The first half of the book on packing your bag and transportation might be somewhat basic for the more experienced prepper, but the incredible Bug Out Location encyclopedia in the second half makes picking up a copy more than worth it.

Favorite Part

Finding 3 public wilderness land areas within reach of my home for possible Bug Out Locations that I didn’t know about.

Overall

Bug Out Scott WilliamsOverall I would highly recommend this book for anyone who does not have a specific Bug Out Location already planned, or anyone who might want to find more possible locations in their area. The first half of the book makes a great introduction to building a Bug Out Bag for newer preppers.

Bug Out: The Complete Plan for Escaping a Catastrophic Disaster Before It's Too Late is available for about $5 below cover price on Amazon where it has quite a few 5 star reviews.

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Joel Jefferson

Joel is one of the original founders of SurvivalCache.com. After college, he joined the USMC where he served as an (0302) Marine Infantry Officer. Joel is an avid outdoorsman and spends much of his free time in the mountains. Joel’s hobby is researching survival gear & weapons as well as prepping. Read his full interview here.