Long time ago, I started to put together a list of possible SRS/COG sites. Never really went beyond the brainstorming stage due to being busy in RL (seem to recall something about a Wall coming down). Took me a day to transcribe my old draft; some of it was just margin scribbles. The first few are the obvious east coast locations but after those, the list branches out a bit.
Raven Rock Mountain Complex (Site R) Pennsylvania/Maryland Border
Type: Hardened military COG bunker
Why: Already a real Cold War-era Continuity of Government (COG) site, adjacent to Washington D.C. but underground and fortified. Could easily be designated as an SRS for key documents and artifacts from the National Archives or Smithsonian.
Notable Feature: Deep tunnel system, secure comms, internal power grid
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center Berryville, Virginia
Type: FEMA continuity hub
Why: Historically a major FEMA and federal relocation site; plausibly used to safeguard cultural artifacts, including federal records and artistic treasures.
Notable Feature: Integrated air filtration, vast storage space, and high-level government access
Mount Weather Annex Winchester, Virginia
Type: Alleged FEMA or military communications annex
Why: A rumored extension of the Mount Weather facility, potentially used as a backup command node or data relay center if the main site is compromised.
Notable Feature: Quietly secured government buildings with Cold War-era underground components and hardened shelters tied into the National Radio System.
Iron Mountain Boyers, Pennsylvania
Type: Former limestone mine turned data/archive storage site
Why: Privately operated but deeply integrated into federal and corporate data protection services. Underground, climate-controlled, with extensive vault infrastructure.
Notable Feature: Home to vaults used by the National Archives and major corporations. In T2K, could be nationalized quietly by executive order pre-war.
Cheyenne Mountain Complex Colorado Springs, Colorado
Type: Deep hardened military NORAD facility
Why: Built to survive near-direct nuclear strikes; secure, deeply buried, and already designed to protect vital assets.
Notable Feature: Blast doors, EMP protection, massive internal support systems
Denver Federal Center Lakewood, Colorado
Type: Federal administrative campus with soft underground features
Why: Though not hardened like Cheyenne Mountain, it's one of the largest concentrations of federal offices west of the Mississippi. Ideal fallback for civil government if East Coast assets are lost.
Notable Feature: Self-sufficient campus with its own power, water, and rail accesscould serve as a western capital in a post-war scenario.
Granite Mountain Records Vault Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
Type: Deep archival facility (Mormon Church-owned)
Why: Not government-owned but easily co-opted in a WWIII scenario. The site is built to withstand disaster and is already used for secure document preservation.
Notable Feature: Climate-controlled vaults tunneled into granite
Fort Huachuca Sierra Vista, Arizona
Type: Army Intelligence Center and electronic testing range
Why: Remote, secure, and with extensive underground communications infrastructure.
Notable Feature: Large training ranges, deep access restrictions, minimal civilian presence
Missouri Underground Springfield, Missouri
Type: Massive underground warehouse network in limestone caves
Why: Invisible to the public, used for cold storage and archival purposes. Central U.S. location makes it geographically resilient.
Notable Feature: Hundreds of acres of climate-controlled, naturally cool cave storage beneath industrial sites
Mammoth Cave National Park Kentucky
Type: Natural cave system with historical civil defense potential
Why: One of the largest known cave networks in the world, with Cold War proposals to use it as a massive fallout shelter. Perfect for hiding large numbers of people and artifacts.
Notable Feature: Natural stone insulation, access to groundwater, and concealment make it an ideal emergency refugepossibly used by FEMA, or a last-ditch COG enclave.
Dulce Base Archuleta Mesa, New Mexico (Conspiracy Lore Location)
Type: Alleged black site with deep underground infrastructure
Why: It could actually exist in T2K, and be repurposed as a deep-storage vault for cultural materials.
Notable Feature: Shielded by layers of disinformation and folklore.
Camp David Catoctin Mountain Park, Maryland
Type: Presidential retreat
Why: Not often considered a storage facility, but remote and secure, with protected bunkers nearby. Could serve as an emergency evacuation point for select artifacts from D.C. before the bombs fall.
Notable Feature: Remote and defended, with plausible emergency storage functions baked into its mission
Atchison Storage Facility Atchison, Kansas
Type: Subterranean cold storage cave network
Why: Quiet, central, easily defensible, and extremely spacious. Former limestone mines like Iron Mountain, used for document and food storage.
Notable Feature: Central location ideal for post-war distribution, with rail access and minimal surrounding population
San Luis Valley Vaults Near Crestone, Colorado
Type: Remote mountain sanctuaries with spiritual and esoteric affiliations
Why: Out of the way, lots of private land.
Notable Feature: High elevation, natural concealment, and surrounded by conspiracy theoriesuseful misdirection
Locations that have come to light in the time since my original list was put together (yes, the original is that old)
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Greenbrier Bunker White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (1990s)
Type: Secret Congressional bunker beneath a resort
Why: Historically built to shelter Congress; ideal for relocation of select national treasures due to secrecy and access to rail lines. While compromised in real life, in T2K, it may remain active.
Notable Feature: Secluded, accessible, and fully self-contained
Mount Pony Culpeper, Virginia (1990s)
Type: Former Federal Reserve and Treasury emergency bunker
Why: Originally used to store billions of dollars in currency to restart the U.S. economy after nuclear war; later converted into a media archive. Could be repurposed as a post-war economic control center.
Notable Feature: Massive underground vaults, former helipad, and thick security doorsperfect for surviving and restarting a government currency system.
Peters Mountain Telecommunications Bunker Virginia (2000s)
Type: Hardened NSA communications relay and control node
Why: Cold War-era facility is part of the national microwave communication grid, tied to secret government telecom operations. Ideal for COG continuity via secure lines, with underground infrastructure.
Notable Feature: Deep underground, with line-of-sight microwave towers and persistent NSA ties; rumored to house EMP-hardened comms arrays.
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