Above ground magazines protected by berms. Overgrown, most buildings underneath veneration canopy. The property was transferred from the Army to the Air Force on 31 Jul 1964. This way all Thule batteries could yet be nuclear armed. Illinois. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. All buildings torn down, only disturbed areas with some concrete building pads and former streets. time knowing which ones. No radar towers showing in aerial imagery. Figure7shows a missile silo site from the road. Nike Carlton: 3B/20A/12L-A Newport: 3B/18H, 30A/12L-UA, FDS Derelict, but partially intact. Large number of commercial bee hives. YouTube footage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWYAtR-XgTI, This list is sorted by state. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Cape Charles AFS, VA in 1958 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed No evidence of radar towers. On Bellows AFS, Twin Nike-Hercules launch underground facilities thoroughly overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Intact, Explosives Technology. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. IFC buildings in use, housing adjacent abandoned and torn down. FDS. Now US Forest Service facility. Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park. After its closure by the Army, on 25 Sep 1975 the control site property was designated the Coventry ANG Station, Air National Guard. The roof of the magazines make up the Upper Field of the dog park. The base's 150 missiles are . Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. 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". Double-magazine site with Nike Assembly building evident, also concrete launcher foundations. Buildings in good shape. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. Oakland Community College. No radar towers. Fences and one . Many parked cars on site, probably employees. All buildings in use in excellent condition. Missile launch pads intact. Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. Six inch top soil cover. Ajax and Hercules launch doors visible, probably welded shut. The markers are color-coded by flights. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. 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). Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. Area fenced and gated. It was later equipped with the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. West side of site largely forested with little evidence of use. (17,500 mph). FDS. Housing area intact, in private ownership. Sites at (S-13) Redmond, (S-61) Vashon Island, and (S-92) Bainbridge Island were upgraded to launch Nike Hercules missiles and survived until 1974. . Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory. Missile Base Specialists. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. Abandoned, overgrown with trees and vegetation. Partially intact, buildings, some radar towers, tourist area, Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Private ownership, complete and buildings look in good shape. Magazines are present, welded shut, and badly degraded. Was an Unusual Salvador Dal Painting Actually His? Berms still quite visible under vegetation. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. Some military buildings being used by city as offices. "New Testament Church". to defend this nuclear industrial complex. C-70 Naperville, Illinois - Nike Missile Sites on Waymarking.com. Bay doors and elevators still work and are still in use by owners. of baseball diamond. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. Check it out: For more like this, check out these 10 state parks in Illinois that are totally splendid. No radar towers. Remains under US government control, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. Download the official NPS app before your next visit. Rhode Island Army National Guard, most buildings intact, Magazine area used as a motor pool. Beck VoTech School. Most buildings remain, appears some of the magazine as well. "Missile Base Road". Redeveloped into Nike Park Sports Complex on Diehl Road. 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. Intact, Private ownership in good condition. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. Site is now the location of the University of Texas System Police Academy. Launch area now fenced off and used as a dumping ground for dredging operations and is not open to the public, complex perimeter can be viewed from the bicycle trail. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. Abandoned. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) LA-45DC was established at San Pedro Hill AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Used by the Elizabeth Forward School District. You can either park on the side of the road here, or you can continue down to the right and park in the parking lot, then walk back to the split and continue. A few buildings, mostly forested. Still behind locked gate and fenced. Being used as an auto junkyard. "A nuclear missile silo is one of the quintessential Great Plains objects: to the eye, it is almost nothing, just one or two acres of ground with a concrete slab in the middle and some posts and poles sticking up behind an eight-foot-high cyclone fence: but to the imagination, it is the end of the world." One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States. Next, turn left on Wolf Lake Drive and follow it all the way back to where the road forks. Partially Intact, City of Detroit, River Rouge Park. Hq Nike Group and staffing was located at the Avedre Lejr, at grid 5537'59"N 1226'55"E. Site was never operational, Private ownership, four long military buildings still exist with circular access road, usage unknown. Maps. Above-ground launch facility with built-up pads, but no evidence of missile launch facilities remaining. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Part of Allegheny County Police and Fire Training Academy. Cleared land, no evidence except a few pipes emerging from below ground; apron off Forest Way still visible. Contaminated soil remediated on site. Undetermined purpose Site largely intact barracks has been torn down. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brings back memories of the Cold War. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brings back memories of the Cold War. 20th Century Castles, LLC has sold 60 properties. 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). FDS Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School, the launch site is identified as the auto, building trades, and grounds keeping school. No evidence of LS. A helicopter pad is shown in the lower portion of the photo. Above-ground launch site. Abandoned. Being redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Redeveloped into single-family housing subdivision "Callaway Lakes". Also juvenile detention facility. GRAFTON The last remnants of a U.S. Army missile base that defended American skies during the Cold War can still be spotted by sharp-eyed visitors to Pere Marquette State Park. It was inactivated on 4 Nov 1970. It was formerly under private ownership, used as an Airsoft gaming facility, most notably by the Minnesota Airsoft Association. Formerly used by the RIANG, 281st CCG, 282d CBCS. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors visible. Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School. So, 50 silos are empty, but the enemy may have a difficult Closed by 1997. Some old military buildings, off "Nike Site Road". Sites SF-87 and SF-93 were deactivated in 1971. Totally obliterated. John Reece, Chicago. FDS. Belmont Harbors site is now a grassy area on the lakefront, as is the old Promontory Point site. Launch site with three intact missile pits located at the end of Stocksdale Road in Kingsville, MD. Fenced and gated. Nike was meant to defend against manned aircraft. Redeveloped into Industrial Area. Partially intact. A wonderful private oasis! Obliterated Private ownership. Since that time there have been hundreds of Atlas, Titan, Minuteman and Peacekeeper sites constructed all the way from Texas to North Dakota, New Mexico to Montana. Many listings will have "FDS" following either the control site or launch site heading, which means that the site has gone through the "Formerly-Used Defense Site" program and has been transferred from DoD control to another party. This change eventually made Nikes air defense role obsolete. FDS. Private ownership, Old Army building still standing most in good condition, along with the roads. No evidence of IFC remains. FDS. 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. Redeveloped into USAR Center. Redeveloped into American Foundation for Autistic Children. . Obliterated, City of Detroit. Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area. St. Louis Defense Area (SL): The Chicago District of the Corps of Engineers oversaw the design and construction. Now Grandview Off Leash Dog Park. Obliterated. Three magazines in place but buried. Partially redeveloped; now the location of National Park Service, Fenced and behind a locked gate, largely intact. Private owners, buildings in good shape, appears to be single-family homes built on site. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Upon deactivation of this Hercules battery in 1960, the equipment was forwarded to the Norfolk site at Deep Creek/Portsmouth. Under restoration since 2009. The units assigned were A/36th (/55-9/58), A/1/562nd (9/58-12/62) and MDArNG A/1/70th (12/62-11/68). Links: Sandy Hook Tours:: Site NY-56:: Gateway National Park:: NJ 14 Missile Bases:: NY-56 History:: Trip Advisor:: Highlands Air Force Station, 332609N 1042007W / 33.43583N 104.33528W / 33.43583; -104.33528 (W-10-LS). Above ground magazines protected by berms. [citation needed]. These Nike Hercules sites were manned by Regular Army and National Guard units and operated from 1960 to 1968. Some buildings standing, even a few radar towers. Today, a few foundations of buildings visible, launch area exists, condition unknown probably filled with water. Magazine area has been partially filled in, severe cracking of concrete, abandoned. Two radar towers remain on private property owned by a landscaping company. 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. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. On Okinawa, the 30th ADA Brigade was on Okinawa. IFC site operated by B/602nd (9/55-9/58) and B/4/5th (9/58-8/60), Still under US government control, Naval Surface Warfare Center. 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. Buildings mostly razed, part of facility remains in SW corner. The launcher site was acquired by the USAF in 1965 and become the Youngstown Test Site. Buildings in use, no radar towers. Magazines visible, earth grading equipment moving dirt around area. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, Army terrorism training site. Now privately owned but undeveloped. Triple magazines visible, overgrown and abandoned. Air Force operations ended 31 July 1964. 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. USAR Center. Several were obliterated and turned into parks. Some buildings standing, used by the Twin Pines Council of Governments as a Police Firing Range. Buildings standing, magazines visible with launch doors probably welded shut. The Magazine area is overgrown with vegetation and appears abandoned. Magazine launch doors removed; site appears to be filled in, with vegetation covering fill sites. Peninsula Airport Commission. Located on Belle Isle, south of Blue Heron Lagoon, East side of Lakeside Drive, Obliterated, City of Detroit. Buildings in good shape, no evidence of radar towers. Army Air Defense Command Post (AADCP) HM-01DC was established at Naval Air Station Richmond, FL 253724N 0802416W / 25.62333N 80.40444W / 25.62333; -80.40444 (HM-101DC) in 1961 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Their defending area was the industrial Ruhr area. DOD communications facility. Private ownership, berms still in evidence in aerial imagery. Demolished in 2016 to make way for housing. 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. Radar towers removed. Double launch magazine now District of Columbia minimum security prison. It was subsequently closed by 1990. FDS. Used as a storage area. Appears magazines were removed and filled in with dirt. The three underground magazines are existent and in reasonably good condition. The silo complex was listed for sale on a variety of real estate brokerage sites last. Units assigned: B/36th 96/55-9/58), B/1/562nd (9/58-12/62), B/1/71st (12/62-/65), B/4/1st (/65-11/68) and MDArNG A/1/70th (11/68-4/74). Intact, US Park Service, very deteriorated condition. Owned by State of California. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Omaha AFS, NE in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Above-ground Nike-Hercules pads within protective berms. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. Buildings in good condition and in use. Sports Complex, some old military buildings still in use. Site at end of Adrian Drive. Few buildings left, faint traces of one magazine but very little of Launch site remains. The perimeter fence appears to remain. Now "Nike Overlook Park". A few military buildings still in use, new construction. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, possibly some partial remains covered by trees and vegetation. Units from the Bridgeport Defense Area assisted in operating the Plainville site. It was inactivated on 1 Oct 1980, declared excess on 15 Dec 1980, then reactivated on 12 May 1981 and remained in use until the closure of Loring Air Force Base in 1995. Likely most of site is under vegetation cover. There were no intercontinental ballistic missiles or ICMBs at Montrose Harbor. Montrose Harbor was the radar and command center that controlled a battery of missiles located right next door at Belmont Harbor. Navy amphibious training site. with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. Some old roads still exist in the abandoned part of the facility, but no evidence of radar towers. Locked and fenced. FDS. Magazines appear intact. Some administration buildings still stand. Old access road from the back of the site. In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Researchers are encouraged to review the appropriate finding aids at the National Archives at Chicago for additional records. Nothing left. Redeveloped into a corporate office complex. Site appears to have been leveled, graded and fenced. Buildings standing and in use. On 15 Dec 1956 jurisdiction, control, and accountability transferred back to the Army. Obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. No radar towers. Obliterated, no evidence of existence at end of former access road. All missiles in the silos are currently Minuteman III (LGM-30G). Former access road to IFC remains, highly deteriorated and partially taken over by vegetation. Magazines under motor pool parking area asphalted over. When you select the Map view, you can turn on terrain features by clicking or touching the Terrain box. It was faster, and could travel farther up to 90 miles. Many buildings standing, some razed. Now under private ownership, Explosives Technology. Partially intact. Redeveloped into Vernon Hills Athletic Complex. 421620N 0711622W / 42.27222N 71.27278W / 42.27222; -71.27278 (B-63-LS). FDS. Launch site buildings still have doors and window glass. National Park Service, Sweeney Ridge (GGNRA). Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings, After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Magazines were sealed during environmental hazards assessment in the 1990s but were then opened and badly vandalized. Obliterated. Later the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. FDS. Buildings were torn down, some new structures erected, and a bunch of old boats and trucks stored on site; may be a junkyard. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. Known as Orange Air National Guard Station. The launch site itself is not part of the paintball area. Intact, LA County Fire Camp #9 and GTE cellular relay station. out. Residential housing plan. Not much left. FDS Redeveloped into single-family housing. Intact, Private ownership, 1 launcher used to store dynamite. One height-finder radar was later removed and remaining set modified to an AN/FPS-116 c. 1977. Obliterated, City of Redondo Beach, Hopkins Wilderness Park. Abandoned and overgrown. The missiles were decommissioned in 1974 as the Cold War came to an end, but remnants remain all around the country to this day. Some old buildings remain. There are currently three active missile wings (supposedly), each wing has a total of 150 silo's and three squadrons. The AADCP inactivated in June 1974. The land at 770 Muddy Branch Road (Excess Land Sale Only) is one of fourteen federal properties listed for disposal by the Public Buildings Reform Board in their 2019 recommendations. A few, such as site C-44 in southeastern Chicago can still be visited. Jackson Parks old site is now a golf course. CAArNG, 458th MASH facility. This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads. American Indian Center Singing Winds Site. Abandoned, some buildings standing, magazine deteriorating but visible. In private ownership. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. The green pond in the upper-right of the photo is the poo pond that processes waste. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Today, most buildings had recently been demolished. On that date, jurisdiction, control, and authority was transferred to the California Air National Guard. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. Now L-58C is used as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site by the FAA, designated "J-63" equipped with ARSR-4 Radar. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) C-80DC established at Arlington Heights AI, IL in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. This will show things like Buildings standing, looks abandoned. No evidence remains of LS. have been removed. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. Part of the IFC has been redeveloped into unorganized sports facility. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) S-90DC established at Fort Lawton AFS, WA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park, kits if debris on the launchers, site used as a storage yard. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. On "Nike Base Road". No evidence of IFC. No evidence of IFC site. Barracks building in use, several radar towers still standing. At all six missile fields, local activists volunteered to drive the countryside and record driving directions to all locations, while maintaining legal distances from all facilities. Since that time there have been hundreds of Atlas, Titan, Minuteman and Peacekeeper sites constructed all the way from Texas to North Dakota, New Mexico to Montana. Seattle Defense Area (S): Home of Boeing Aircraft Company and military installations, Seattle was ringed Portion of the bike trail from Tower Road to the launch complex was original road used to access the base. 16T E 404265 N 4628284. No radar towers. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. Launch site now the parking lot for the Children's Theatre of Annapolis and athletic fields. The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Accessible to the public by hiking. No evidence of launchers. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers. You can walk on the former IFC at Lake Shore and E 31st Street; now a nice little park with a playground and good view of downtown, Lake Michigan, Navy Pier and Chicago Harbor Lighthouse. Former buildings still in use, mostly cleared no sign of any radar towers. Some are now private residences. Buildings in good condition, magazine being used as tractor trailer parking and storage site. Site guard shack and owner' house is a reconstructed Crew quarters. Appears to be in good condition, no evidence of radar towers. Figure4shows an underground launch control center. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. 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.
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