Fort Hunter Liggett, CA

Fort Hunter Liggett, named after General Hunter Liggett of WWI. It is affectionately known as the Hungry Lizard, and is a training and testing ground for the US Army. It is closest to the town of Jolon, CA and was purchased from William Randolph Hearst in 1941.

Our favorite t-shirt read "30 miles from water - 2 feet from hell."

It was a sub-installation of Fort Ord, in Monterey, CA some 90 miles to the north. From the 1960s through the early 1990s, the base served as the home for the USACDEC (usually abbreviated as CDEC). The mission of CDEC was to evaluate new Army and Marine Corps weapons systems by providing a simulated Soviet Mechanized Rifle Company to act as the "OPFOR", or opposing forces. The tests conducted include development of the TOW and Dragon missile, Abrams tank, Bradley fighting vehicle, and Humvee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hunter_Liggett

You are 26 miles from King City, a population of about 5,000. Not much if you are a cosmopolitan person.  

Lots of outdoorsman activities including hiking, camping, hunting, fishing, boating and waterskiing.

Rattlesnakes and other wild animals.

Don't move here if you are a city-dweller or suburbanite. It is very remote.