Originally Posted by
Fly Boy Knight
This simple answer to this problem is if you wanna depart an airport that is not near a VOR and has no approaches.... depart VFR. In Class G during the day below 1,200ft AGL, all you need is 1SM and to remain clear of the clouds. You can do quite a bit with 1sm and C.O.C. If you have 1SM and C.O.C, then depart VFR and pick up your IFR when you know you can meet all of 91.183 / 91.177's requirements.
Great post. One small comment on the above - make sure you can get high enough VFR to contact ATC, especially if you're in the boonies.
Departed VFR looking to pick up an IFR clearance on an easy IFR day. Before I could get a hold of Center, an airliner heard me and was kind of enough to relay my clearance.