How far to Navigate to your BOL?

[JD1]

It's a problem I struggle with as well, although there is only my side of the family to worry about. I live about 150 miles from elderly parents and a disabled sister. They all live in a fairly high population density area and it is in the opposite direction to which I will be buggng out if I have to.

I haven't really reached an answer that works for me because if it was a total breakdown etc then I just don't think it would be possible to reach them but depending on the situation I may have to try. Best case scenario is that there is some warning in which case I can get them to make their way to here.

Back on the original question of how far to a bug out location, I am quite fortunate to live in an area with many options depending on how far we need to go ranging from about 1 mile to 25 miles (with quite a few inbetween) all of which being walkable as a last resort but most reachable in my campervan.