Part of my bug out plan is to know where I'm planning to go. Major SHTF bug out is 4 normal travel hours north to the mountains, 5 normal hours south to the mountains. I have places to go, with active streams and wells, and cabins on the site. Firewood is cut, and naturally abundant, large propane tanks are in place, and stores of food and gear are at each place, north and south. Others are expected to me at either place should we decide to go, we often cabin camp there. I know and have mapped out several ways of getting to each.

I live just a few feet above the mean water level of the 2nd largest lake in the area. I have a place within 3/4 mile in 2 directions that is 400 feet higher in elevation that I can go should flooding be immanent, that is also a major storm bug out.

My house is in a nice area, but within 5 city blocks in 3 directions are less desirable neighborhoods. If unrest hits the area, and I can safely get out, I'm gone to 1 of the 2 places in the paragraph above. If I have to bug in, I am equipped to do so, but heating my house is by natural gas, no other source. Should that get cut, it's leave or get cold.

IMHO, bugging out without a place to go, some basic needs gear and food item, and a viable plan for when you get there, makes you little more than a refuge.