The Reservation

The Reservation is a location in The Stand by Stephen King. It is a United States Army base where Captain Trips is kept, if not the place where it was engineered. It is the place from which Charles Campion and his family escape when the virus breaks loose, thereby spreading the plague across the country and around the world.

It appears, in one form or another, in most adaptations.

History and Demographics
The Complete and Uncut Edition states it is in the California desert, which would likely place it in the southeastern part of the state. Other versions and adaptations have specifically placed it in northern - or more accurately, northeastern - California. In any event, it is approximately 1700 miles from Arnette, Texas.

In Story
Because of its distance from Arnette, the Campions would have had to have stopped for food and gas at least a few times while driving to the location where they died.

Its work is so classified, not even the guard at the vehicle depot is informed when something goes wrong, and he lets the Campions drive through. Indeed, not even Charles Campion himself knows what has gone wrong when Captain Trips ravages the base.

Baby LaVon was born there.

Cameras in every angle allow Gen. Starkey to monitor it, although it does him little good.

Complete and Uncut Edition

 * The Circle Opens - first appearance