Three sites were deactivated in December 1958 as only Saddle Mountain was converted to the new Nike Hercules. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. If you were driving by and you didn't know it was Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. The housing area in Brandywine, Maryland, supported Washington Nike Site W-36 from approximately 1957 1961. Many Nike sites are now municipal yards, communications, and FAA facilities, probation camps, and even renovated for use as airsoft gaming and military simulation training complexes. Located at Bailey's Hill Park. Roads in very poor condition, main access road overgrown by vegetation. Manning was by A/602nd (11/55-8/56), A/54th (8/56-9/58), A/4/1st (9/58-12/62) and MDArNG D/1/70th (12/62-4/74). CAArNG, 458th MASH facility. Intact, located off North Locust Street just north of Denton, Texas was converted for use as an astronomical observatory of the University of North Texas after decommissioning. Today, a few foundations of buildings visible, launch area exists, condition unknown probably filled with water. Now "Nike Overlook Park". The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. Elevators cemented over. Others were offered to state and local governments, while others were sold to school districts. Underground single-magazine intact, Private Ownership. Buildings in use, no radar towers visible. Travis AFB Defense Area (T): Established to defend the USAF Strategic Air Command, later Military Airlift Command base. Lately, many have been closed and the . Fenced and gated. Intact, East Bay Regional Park District, Lake Chabot Park, Department of Public Safety, service yard. Land was transferred to the Municipality of Anchorage, and has been converted to a park. The USAF radar site at Murphy Dome AFS, AK (F-2) was shared with the Army for Nike missile-defense system. New building and landscaping to the west of the former missile pads. FDS. After the Nike-Hercules site was inactivated in 1966, used by the Air Force until Loring's inactivation in the early 1990s as part of SAC's GCCS (Global Command & Control System. China is building a second field of missile silos in its western deserts, according to a new study, which researchers say signals a potential expansion of its nuclear arsenal . Is on County Road 80S in Castle Rock, Minnesota. There were also sites in Wolf Lake, Fort Sheridan, the Skokie Lagoons and elsewhere placed strategically to overlap so that no part of the Chicago-area would be left unprotected. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Private ownership. Buildings, some radar towers. FDS. Partial remains. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. St. Louis Defense Area (SL): The Chicago District of the Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction. Site is now the location of the University of Texas System Police Academy. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. Private owner, construction use. Montrose Harbor was the radar and command center that controlled a battery of missiles located right next door at Belmont Harbor. Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings, After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. One old military building remains. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. The U.S. reverted the islands to Japan on May 15, 1972, setting back a Ryky independence movement that had emerged. No evidence of IFC - Correction - IFC was located at the top of a hill on the corner of Ratzer and Alps Roads including radar towers as late as 1980. Intact, LA County Fire Camp #9 and GTE cellular relay station. This site was the western end of a test range under the jurisdiction of Griffiss AFB. Every fall, the park holds a, Obliterated, only foundations remain, Township owned. Triple battery next to Lake Erie. Redeveloped as Bristol County Development Center, no remains. Accessible to the public by hiking. Most buildings remain, Concrete in magazine area cracked. From decommissioned nuclear bunkers to dilapidated military barracks, these properties. Buildings in use by company, magazine area visible being used as storage yard. FDS. The Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond, Fact Sheet: Ballistic vs. Cruise Missiles. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Some old roads remain. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Small part US Army Reserve center. Only a couple of buildings standing. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. Above-ground launch site. A relic of the Cold War tucked away in the forested hills above Bratislava. Obliterated, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. If youve ever been to this missile launch site park, wed love to hear from you. This page was last edited on 26 January 2023, at 15:53. Buildings deteriorated but intact. Ajax launch covers visible, some obscured by buildings, two launch doors for Hercules, probably welded shut. HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School. Used as a storage area. These were covering the Norwegian capital, the former Kolss HQ Allied Forces Northern Europe (AFNORTH), the Rygge and Gardermoen airbases and the naval base Karljohansvern. Many buildings standing, some razed. L-31's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #5. of Public Works, poor condition, being used as a storage yard. Part of Town of Westhaven, Parks and Recreation Department "Nike State Park". Redeveloped, Private ownership, light industrial storage yard. Now obliterated, although largely intact. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. Used primarily as a junkyard. Being cleared and leveled. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. The silo complex was listed for sale on a variety of real estate brokerage sites last. Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. Mostly intact, some IFC buildings being used for transmitter support with large radio towers on site. All air vents, stairwells, hatches, etc. D-58 control site is currently being auctioned to general public by. Those have since been dismantled and demolished due to various nuclear arms reduction treaties. No missiles were ever actually launched in Chicago. No evidence of radar towers. Missile pads used as part of storage yard and parking lot. No evidence of IRC except some disturbed land where structures once were. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Cape Charles AFS, VA in 1958 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Part of Allegheny County Police and Fire Training Academy. D-15DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-20 / Z-20 The Air Force ceased radar operations when the Army no longer needed radar support and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. She has visited half of the states, as well as parts of Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean, and regularly travels home to the Hoosier State to see friends and family. Coventry Park. Large wooded area around the home appears to be totally redeveloped with no evidence of IFC, although may be parts of the facility in the woods to the southwest of the house. In highly industrial area. At some later time it transferred to Military Airlift Command, and on 1 Jun 1992 transferred to Air Mobility Command. FDS Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School, the launch site is identified as the auto, building trades, and grounds keeping school. Buildings standing, looks abandoned. McGregor Guided Missile Range, New Mexico. FDS. Now obliterated, Private ownership, housing. Intact, Department of Energy, silo currently used as lab for University of Washington research projects. Completely redeveloped into industrial park on W side of Calumet Ave. N of 45th St. of baseball diamond. Here are some maps showing the locations of U.S. Minuteman III ICBM silo's along with coordinates. Upon deactivation of this Hercules battery in 1960, the equipment was forwarded to the Norfolk site at Deep Creek/Portsmouth. Nike launch site totally obliterated. See. Radar facility used as storage for Lannon County Park and as a US Cellular tower site. FDS. Old access road from the back of the site. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Partially Intact, State of California Department of Health Services. Has radar towers. FDS. The sites were using mixed warheads; meaning always 2 sections nuclear-capable (W31 selectable 20 or 2 kiloton yield) and 1 section only conventional (T-45 High Explosive) armed.[5]. It was later equipped with the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Difficult to tell with all wild vegetation status of launch site, no buildings appear to be standing, probably earthen berms exist under vegetation canopy. The U.S. government began phasing out Nike bases in the mid-1960s amid budget cuts. Heres How to See the Dazzling Duo, Vallas and Johnson Headed to Chicago Mayoral Runoff, Lightfoot Denied Second Term, Indicted Ald. Area has now become a "Academy Sports and Outdoors" distribution facility. For locations and views, fly in using Google Earth thanks to NikeSiteSearchers. Town of Manchester, Recreation Center. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. Off Nike Road. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. As of 2019, entire launch site covered by new police academy. The sites around Fairbanks were inactivated in 1970 and 1971. Intact, Private ownership in good condition. FDS. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. FDS. On mountain peak, leveled flat for the base. One diagram in particular raised a few eyebrows: It showed the location of a Missile Alert Facility, along with the silos for 10 nuclear weapons. Obliterated, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. FDS. Some buildings still in use, others torn down. . The remainder of these sites are privately owned. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Some broken concrete remains of launch area. Barracks building in use, several radar towers still standing. C-40 Burnham Park. Inside the bunker. Fire Control largely preserved and accessible via hiking trail. FDS. The base's 150 missiles are . Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Still in Army control, being used by the PAArNG; D/876th Engineer Battalion. time knowing which ones. National Park Service, Sweeney Ridge (GGNRA). Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. Abandoned. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. No radar towers. Demolished, Roswell Correctional Center Partially. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. Air Force operations ended 8 Sep 1968; the AADCP inactivated in 1969. All buildings razed, partially reused by parking lot and West Bayshore Blve. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. The U.S. still has an arms limitation treaty with Russia through February 2026. Magazines visible, some snow plows being stored on them. Demolished Nov 2015 for a housing development. FDS. Private Ownership. Remains an Army Reserve facility. Largely obliterated, now Massachusetts Audubon education center. But some remnants and buildings still stand, including in Wolf Lake where an actual Nike missile is on display. Abandoned. FDS. Several radar towers standing. FDS. Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. No evidence of IFC site. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Six inch top soil cover. You can scroll and Air strip is now part of Evergreen Lakes subdivision. David Olsen Despite being decommissioned in 1984 and remaining abandoned for decades, the structure is surprisingly well preserved. Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. Redeveloped into A.E. Many tractor trailers and new small business or manufacturing buildings on the site. Redeveloped Solano County Detention Center and Animal Shelter, FSUSD bus yard. There's a garage for vehicles. Parts of the facility exist but are abandoned, lot of vegetation reclaiming the facility. Buildings used for storage/support in good condition, rest of site has been razed and sold off, now single-family housing, no evidence of radar towers. Appears to be light industrial estate. The markers are color-coded by flights. Now Blast Camp paint-ball park. No evidence of IFC. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". Redeveloped into Gardner Unified School offices. FDS. Located at the north end of Centennial Park along 153rd St. between Huntington Ct. and Hickory Dr. FDS. The people who work in the Missile Alert Facilities are called missileers. Were intercontinental ballistic missiles ever housed or siloed at Montrose Harbor? Nike launch facilities obliterated by construction. Above ground magazines protected by berms. Access road to highway 4 only remnants of IFC site. One of the Launch Bunkers has been converted to a Cross Country Ski Chalet with a large parking lot, and the other three Launch Bunkers are used for storage. While all of the munitions have been removed from the site, one of the decomissioned missiles is still on display in nearby Villa Park, Illinois, in front of the town's VFW hall. Bureau of Outdoor Recreation to Saint Croix County. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. Fairfax County ownership, maintenance yard. SL-47DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-70 / Z-70. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. May be some building foundations and old roads. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. Buildings were torn down. Illinois. Through the efforts of various volunteer groups, as of 1995, this is the only Nike site in the country that has been preserved and is open for public viewing. Site is now utilized by the LAPD SWAT team for training. Quite a few of the buildings, except for a metal structure on the north-east corner, are still standing. It was organized into a Missile Group (the overall staffing); a Support Wing (tech and log support), and 2 (9th and 13th) Missile Wings, each with 4 subordinate units. Probably facility is complete within the trees and wild underbrush. Private ownership. This site was co-located with the now closed. Until recently, Nike Missile Base C-84 near the Chicago suburb of Barrington, Illinois, served as an archival repository for Lake County; the records were stored in one of the three underground missile storage areas. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. In the early part of the Cold War, the threat (perceived or real) of Soviet attack prompted the creation of several U.S. weapons, including the Nike missile. FDS. No radar towers. Some administration buildings still stand. No radar towers. Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner. Geoffrey Baer joined Chicago Tonight for this weeks Ask Geoffrey, about old Nike missile bases in Chicago. Also used by City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Service. Launch structures completely removed except for some fences and a road and other infrastructure built for the missile site, Bainbridge Island Metropolitan Parks and Recreations District. Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. 392119N 0765102W / 39.35528N 76.85056W / 39.35528; -76.85056 (BA-79-LS), 384611N 0764351W / 38.76972N 76.73083W / 38.76972; -76.73083 (W-35-LS), 383917N 0765120W / 38.65472N 76.85556W / 38.65472; -76.85556 (W-44-LS), 384315N 0771441W / 38.72083N 77.24472W / 38.72083; -77.24472 (W-64-CS), "During the Cold War a ring of Nike anti-aircraft missile sites defended the nation's capital, reminiscent of the perimeter of forts that protected it during the Civil War. Site was never operational. In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Rebuilt as Los Angeles County prison camp. Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. Partially intact. As of Nov 1999, it was still on the Ellsworth AFB real property books, excess and awaiting disposition. magazine paved over for school bus parking and as an outdoor education center, Redeveloped into Cuyahoga Community College, Western Campus, Now City of Cleveland J L Stamps District Service Center, Part of Runway L6 Cleveland Lakefront Airport, Baseball Field, Part of Cleveland Tri-City Park, Tennis Courts, Part of Cleveland Tri-City Park, Private ownership. USAR Center Magazine area remains, concrete badly deteriorated.BR>. Redeveloped into Howard Cassidy Park. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West- Germany. Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery. No evidence of IFC site. L-13's housing area was taken over by the Air Force after the IFC was closed by the Army, and was redesignated as Loring Family Housing Annex #2. C-80DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-31 / Z-31. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. Deactivated silos were located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, New York, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington. Not all silos have missiles. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command. A few buildings in use by Teen Challenge; drug & alcohol rehab center. Figure7shows a missile silo site from the road. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Launchers probably intact. The Minuteman III has an inertial navigation guidance system that is entirely internal. They could reach speeds of over 1,600 miles per hour thats more than two times the speed of sound and could climb up to 70,000 feet. Obliterated. Magazine area used for school bus parking. On Reversion Day, May 15, 1972, all Nike Hercules missile sites were handed over to the JASDF. However, the army also deployed nike missiles to europe as part of the nato alliance, with sites being operated by both american and european military forces. Base and the Austin region from two Nike Hercules sites between 1960 and 1966. Owned by Burlington Recreation Commission. The site was closed on 18 June 1968. This program, known as Project Nike, was the first operational American anti-aircraft system. Part of the concrete structures and the bases of the radar towers are still standing, and used for paintball wars by the local youth. see the locations of all silos on the ICBM History page. Magazines badly deteriorated, some used as parking lot. MAF = Missile Alert Facility, this is where the missileers control the launch of ten Minuteman III ICBM's, each MAF has 10 silo's under their supervision. Intact, Explosives Technology. Because of this new missile, fewer sites were needed and PH-32, along with 7 other Philadelphia region bases, was shut down. The Griggs House featured at the end of the movie, 'The Blair Witch Project' was located immediately behind the site, but has since been torn down. W-13DC was the first Missile-Master DC to become operational. These Nike Hercules sites were manned by Regular Army and National Guard units and operated from 1960 to 1968. IFC mostly taken over by woods, some buildings still stand, asphalted area badly cracked. Sites SF-87 and SF-93 were deactivated in 1971. After the Nike base was closed, it was gained by Ellsworth AFB on 30 Sep 1963, as Ellsworth Academic Annex (also referred to as South Nike Education Annex). Obliterated, FDS, vacant lot just west of LAX runway 6R, Nike launch facilities obliterated. The launcher area is now a public park with a Nike-Hercules missile and a plaque dedicating the site. Also juvenile detention facility. Offer subject to change without notice. The most common sites have been the Minuteman. FDS. Intact, abandoned. Launch area obliterated, owned by Fairfax County and repurposed as Popes Head Park; a marker close the site, Virginia Historic marker E98 states: Redeveloped into "Observatory Park". The following are considered the three major ones: Barracks remaining. Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. This way all Thule batteries could yet be nuclear armed. 5 miles. concrete pad inside berms partially clear. The adjacent buildings are used by an EOD unit. Single-family home. Magazines appear intact. General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. The site today is on the North Branch Trail on a leveled-off hill. to defend this nuclear industrial complex. Units assigned are the 2071st USAR School, 326th Maintenance Battalion and 214th MI Company. Green Hills Area Education Agency Central Office. Not much left. The Map/Satellite control in the upper lefthand corner of the screen lets you choose either the normal map view or the satellite view. Township of Lumberton and private owner. Some older buildings deteriorated. Now privately owned but undeveloped. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. 94th ADA Group, headquartered in Kaiserslautern for most of the Nike-Hercules period had four battalions as follows, with locations: - In Pforzheim (Hagenschie/Wurmberg), in Baden-Wrttemberg there is a missile launch site operated by the US-Army until April 1985. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Some buildings in use, magazine area obliterated however land scarring visible where overfilled with soil. Carrie Austin Resigns from City Council After 29 Years in Office, At Least 2 Tornadoes Briefly Touch Down in Chicago Suburbs, Control of Chicago City Council Up for Grabs as Aldermanic Runoffs Loom. Demolished, open lot owned by Michigan DNR. Most of site now South Hills Christian School. After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. You can Missile assembly building appears standing, concrete missile pads deteriorated concrete. For instance, the missile field of F. E. Warren Air Force Base includes portions of western Nebraska, northern Colorado, and eastern Wyoming, an area of more than 12,000 square miles. After the Army closed the Nike facility, It was gained as an off-base installation of Andrews AFB on 21 Feb 1975, under Headquarters Command. Formerly manned by the A/54th (12/54-8/56), A/602nd (8/56-9/58), A/4/5th (9/58-8/60), B/4/1st (8/60-12/62), MDArNG A/2/70th (12/62-3/63), HHB 1/70th (10/62-8/74) and B/1/70th (12/62-4/74). 4255'04.5"N 8809'57.6"W. Demolished as of 2014. The areas in black denote deactivated missile wings, the areas in red denote the active missile . All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). Some ruins are visible along the west boundary, including the crushed fuelling stand and parts of the acid storage sheds.384850N 0772121W / 38.81389N 77.35583W / 38.81389; -77.35583 (W-74-LS). Exists in deteriorated condition east of and adjacent to the Miramar Armory of the. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Controlling the SAMs was the 29th Artillery Group (Air Defense). The former crew barracks are now used for county fire station personnel and the old launch bays appear to be used for storage. The missile station, officially dubbed SL-40, is near Hecker, a town of 500, though it has a Red Bud address: 5055 M Road. Partially intact, buildings, some radar towers, tourist area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Some old buildings remain. An Illinois transplant who grew up and went to school in Indiana for 22 years, Elizabeth holds a BFA in creative writing and has enjoyed traveling across the country and parts of Europe. Geoffrey Baer joined "Chicago Tonight" for this week's Ask Geoffrey, about old Nike missile bases in Chicago. CTANG(CT Air National Guard), Communications/Radar site. The area is off-limits to visitors at Angel Island State Park. The Air Force used the property until 1976. The 436th AAAB was redesignated as an antiaircraft artillery missile battalion on 5 January 1957 and subsequently occupied four Nike Ajax sites, which went to 1st Missile Battalion, 61st Artillery on 1 September 1958. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Former Ajax installation with 12 launchers. WTTW News Explains: How Did Chicago Get Its Shape? Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area. Private ownership, in excellent condition. Some IFC roads exist, no structures. FDS. The security gate to the MAF is 968 feet from the road. 421331.44N 0875653.52W / 42.2254000N 87.9482000W / 42.2254000; -87.9482000 (C-94-LS). It does not rely on GPS or visual sighting to strike its targets. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite. On 1 October 1961 W-13DC was integrated with USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-54/Z-227. The site was purchased by a developer who intended to split the property, with the new Spring Run neighborhood to be built on the control area. Area fenced and gated. Buildings were torn down, some new structures erected, and a bunch of old boats and trucks stored on site; may be a junkyard. Facility fenced but appears to be open. Initially, New York's air defenses had been manually coordinated from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. Get more stories delivered right to your email. Was a double-site Launcher and Integrated Fire Control Area for Nike-Ajax Missiles. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. Locked gate and fence; however, launch facility is abandoned and deteriorating all buildings are standing, but they are in bad shape. missile site called suspicious", "Lumberton's Cold War Legacy: Nike Missile Battery PH-23/25. 262 just outside the town limits. The Full Screen control in the upper righthand corner of the Google Maps display expands the display to cover the entire computer screen. Concrete pad still visible. Abandoned. San Pablo Ridge, California (SF-08 and SF-09 shared facilities). Located on Webb State Park/South Shore Association for Retarded Citizens (Mess Hall, EM Barracks and Missile Test & Assembly Building remain, pits buried but vents & ducts are visible). Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy.
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