Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. Private ownership redeveloped into single-family housing. It was designated as Gibbsboro Family Housing Annex. Largely obliterated, now Massachusetts Audubon education center. Used by the Elizabeth Forward School District. Several radar towers standing, several buildings in radar area deteriorating, and some loose concrete on site. And it is roughly. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. Obliterated. Largely obliterated. Launch site relatively intact, magazines visible however appears launch doors concreted over. Sites HA-48 and HA-08 were converted to fire the Nike Hercules missile and remained operational until 1968 and 1971, respectively. Originally established during World War II as Camp Wolters. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. 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. Battalion Headquarters was located at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant located north of Doyline. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. Former Silo Locations in Central South Dakota. The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. No radar towers. Nike launching pads are visible, probably all sealed shut. Obliterated, Athletic Field of Rio Hondo Junior College. Demolished, open lot owned by Michigan DNR. FDS. Private ownership. Inside the bunker. The transmitter tower for UNT's campus radio station is also located on site. OHArNG, C Company, 216th Engineers. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. Abandoned site at the north end of the SRA/north shore of the lake, where S. Wolf lake Blvd. Abandoned, now known as the Rochester-Utica State Recreation Area and the Shadebush Environmental Educational Center. Do you have a question for Geoffrey? Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. On Okinawa, the 30th ADA Brigade was on Okinawa. It is also owned by the Michigan DNR. Now obliterated, although largely intact. Most of site now South Hills Christian School. You can exit out of full screen by pressing the Escape key or clicking the control in the upper righthand corner of the display. This site was co-located with the now closed. The AADCP was later integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-56 / Z-56'. 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. missile site called suspicious", "Lumberton's Cold War Legacy: Nike Missile Battery PH-23/25. The solution was intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could be launched from Soviet soil. Partially intact. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. Constructed during the Cuban Missile Crisis [October 1962]. Redeveloped into American Foundation for Autistic Children. Fenced and gated. The adjacent buildings are used by an EOD unit. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West- Germany. LS completely removed. Appears to be light office building. Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. Private ownership, development company. Looking Back on President Jimmy Carters 2006 Appearance on Chicago Tonight. The AADCP inactivated in 1966. Initially the U.S. used Nike Ajax missiles. Private ownership. Largely intact and abandoned. Operations were by C/75th (11/54-9/58), C/3/562nd (9/58-12/61), A/1/71st (12/61-3/63), MDArNG A/3/70th (12/61-3/63) and MDArNG C/1/70th (3/63-6/71). Manned by C/36th (/54-9/58), C/1/562nd (9/58-3/60) and MDArNG A/1/70th (3/60-12/62). Redeveloped into US Consumer Products Safety Commission Engineering Laboratory. Missile launch pads intact. ICBMs were offensive weapons and were actually what led to Nike missiles becoming obsolete. By Donald E. 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Redeveloped into Croom Vocational High School. A large elevator would bring the missiles to the surface, and crew members would push the missile to position. 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. 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. Also lots of single-family housing. Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. IFC mostly taken over by woods, some buildings still stand, asphalted area badly cracked. Above-ground launch site. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. FDS. 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. Redeveloped area in northern tip of airport now has a general aviation hangar, parking lot and ramp area for aircraft parking. Double magazine site, now a storage yard. Obliterated, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. Launchers probably intact. Ajax and Hercules launch doors visible, probably welded shut. Being cleared and leveled. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. FDS. Partially Intact, FEMA Agency Region X HQ and US Army Reserve Hooper Center. Launchers appear to be concreted over. Bay doors and elevators still work and are still in use by owners. The road to the site is down the road to the left. It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Appears to be largely intact underneath vegetation overgrowth; old access road entrance at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. Totally obliterated; formerly a three-magazine (1B2C)/12-launcher facility with battery at Lake Shore Drive off the end of what's now I-55, south of the McCormick Place complex. Concreted areas cracked and in poor condition. Former double magazine. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. Map showing the areas of the six Minuteman Missile wings on the central and northern Great Plains. Redeveloped, Private ownership, light industrial storage yard. Illinois. New building for armory, no FC buildings remain. At some later time it transferred to Military Airlift Command, and on 1 Jun 1992 transferred to Air Mobility Command. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. Subterranean shelters for sale Take a look at the weird and wonderful abandoned bunkers for sale right now. Because of this new missile, fewer sites were needed and PH-32, along with 7 other Philadelphia region bases, was shut down. Concrete pad visible along with launch door (sealed). In aerial imagery, launch site appears to be abandoned and overgrown with trees and other vegetation. There is one original building left near the launch site, which has been refurbished and turned into a hall to host Cub Scout events and such. Is fenced in, with a "No Trespassing" sign, guard shack and many buildings in good repair. Private ownership. Concrete around magazines severely cracked both Ajax and Hercules doors. C-92 Redeveloped into Vernon Hills Athletic Complex. In private hands. Roads exist with severe cracking in poor shape. Many buildings standing, some razed. Manned by D/71st (7/54-9/58), D/1/71st (9/58-9/59) and VAArNG B/1/280th (9/59-3/63). Dillingham Airport, Above-ground Nike-Hercules launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, no buildings remain abandoned. This area is within the SRA on the southern shore of the lake. Excavated into a pond. It has a maximum range of 8,700 miles and a maximum speed of Mach 23 (17,500 mph). Obliterated. Inactivated by 1974. . FDS In private ownership, the barracks north of the launch area were demolished in 2010 but were previously used as the Jacksonville Senior Center. Perimeter fencing is intact and sturdy. Magazine area is in good shape, launch doors visible, probably welded shut. Launch pad doors still visible, but concrete has been covered by soil and is now a grassy area. Largely redeveloped, although several old IFC buildings still used. May be a radar platform in SE corner near "Nike Road". It was decommissioned after only four years and has sat dormant and neglected for decades, eventually selling for $160,000 in 1997 and again for $575,000 in 2015. Around 300 Nike missile sites were installed in rings around major metropolitan areas and other strategic sites across the country in the early 1950s including about 20 in Chicago. Site leased in about 2014 and is now Wing Headquarters for the Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. Also the lawn is cut! The Shutter Nike Missile Base is tucked away behind a gated fence near the Monroe County Village of Hecker Illinois with a population of about 500. When you select the Map view, you can turn on terrain features by clicking or touching the Terrain box. Site is actively being restored by volunteers of Maryland Wing, Civil Air Patrol. Also used as a self-storage site. Magazines visible behind parking lot. Most silos were based in Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Montana, Wyoming and other western states. Private ownership. To the west stood the missiles, poised on above-ground launchers. Some administration buildings still stand. You can Fairbanks Defense Area: Sites were installed to replace Anti-Aircraft guns defending the Fairbanks area, which included Fort Wainwright and Eielson AFB. FDS. Also Nike Site Park. A parking lot for Northeastern University Suburban Campus. The Alaska Nike sites were under the control of United States Army Alaska (USARAK), rather than Army Air Defense Command. There's a garage for vehicles. Private ownership. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. The first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) silos arrived on the Great Plains in 1959 when Atlas sites were constructed in Wyoming. Buildings demolished in December 2020. FDS. Redeveloped into an office park north of I-88. Buildings removed, appears to be totally abandoned with no known use. Obliterated by 1997. Most public. Fenced. Afterwards, the Army Air Defense Command Post was moved to King Salmon. Manned by the 2nd Missile Battalion, 562d Air Defense Artillery. Gloucester Township, IFC is a vacant lot with woods, some old roads. 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. In the 1970s, the partially dismantled site was part of the Friends World College campus. Owned by Burlington Recreation Commission. Private ownership, electrical service, buildings and radar towers standing. It has a maximum range of 8,700 miles and a maximum speed of Mach 23 The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army. Locked gate and fence; however, launch facility is abandoned and deteriorating all buildings are standing, but they are in bad shape. Access road to upper control site (IFC-1) inaccessible due to decades of vegetation growth taking back the road up to the top. FDS. Partially intact. Radars were FPS-93A and in 1982 the FPS-117 was installed. 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 . C-44 Hegewisch/Wolf Lake. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. It could also be equipped with nuclear warheads. Buildings were torn down, some new structures erected, and a bunch of old boats and trucks stored on site; may be a junkyard. Former above-ground site with berms protecting launchers. Double magazine, launch doors appear to be concreted over, some buildings erected on firing pads. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. Above-ground firing site, although no berms visible. Some buildings still standing, unknown condition. The old missile site is clearly visible with satellite imagery, including the three silos. Also being used by School District for school bus parking. Radar towers removed. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. 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. Some buildings standing, even a few radar towers. Obliterated, City of Detroit. Sign up for our morning newsletter to get all of our stories delivered to your mailbox each weekday. Nike launch magazines abandoned and partially covered by a layer of soil, used for open-air storage. Headquarters facilities were located at Camp Hanford. Upgraded to above-ground Nike-Hercules and re-designated HM-03. Also used by City of LA Department of Airports, Jet Pets Animal Service. It's been shuttered since 1969 and all of the. Site Summit is listed in the, Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Nothing left. Most buildings in good condition, magazine in good condition. David's Island. The lower righthand corner of the Google Maps display has a plus sign and a minus sign that controls zooming. It is also a safe haven for deer chased by hunters in the area, as it is completely fenced in. Redeveloped into South Pine Creek Park. Some older buildings deteriorated. L-58'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. A few military buildings still in use, new construction. 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. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. San Vicente Peak, has been turned into a Cold War memorial park. The launch site itself is not part of the paintball area. You'll receive your first newsletter soon! FDS. Some concrete foundations visible, Magazine now used as auxiliary gym. Now a part of Maheras-Gentry Park, FDS. IFC buildings in use, housing adjacent abandoned and torn down. The U.S. developed the Nike missiles during the Cold War to defend against a new generation of Soviet bombers armed with nuclear weapons capable of reaching well beyond the countrys coasts and borders to almost any target in the United States. No evidence of IFC site. 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. Nike Group Operations Control was at the Vestvolden, a fortification at grid 5541'23"N 1226'11"E connected with the Karup Air Force Hq. Nike was created to address a new. Was in use by Army Reserve and PA National Guard. Obliterated, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Del Cerro Park. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Site is now used as a bus parking lot for Meramec Valley R-3 school district. Site razed in 2006; now a vacant lot with visible concrete debris piled up in several places. During the cleanup, the magazine elevator doors were sealed with asphalt for safety reasons.395216N 0745253W / 39.87111N 74.88139W / 39.87111; -74.88139 (PH-32-LS), 395145N 0752545W / 39.86250N 75.42917W / 39.86250; -75.42917 (PH-67-CS), 402901N 0800950W / 40.48361N 80.16389W / 40.48361; -80.16389 (PI-71-LS), 403138N 0800344W / 40.52722N 80.06222W / 40.52722; -80.06222 (PI-93-CS). Fences and one . Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. Air Force operations at the site ended in 1962, and Nike operations were inactivated in 1974. Intact, USAR Center Orangeburg. A small not-for-profit community farm provides outdoor education on part of the site. No radar towers. Private ownership. MONTANA LOCATIONS You can choose to turn Labels on or off. Other buildings erected and still appear to be in use. On "Nike Base Road". 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. Never operational. All six magazines are concreted over. Obliterated Private ownership. "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." Off "Nike Site Road". PI-70DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-62 / Z-62. 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. CTANG(CT Air National Guard), Communications/Radar site. 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. Now under private ownership, Explosives Technology. It is home to a MNDOT radio tower. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SF-90DC was established at Mill Valley AFS, CA in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Dyess AFB Defense Area (DY): Installed to defend the SAC bombers and Atlas F missile silos stationed at and around Dyess AFB. Mix of new and old buildings. Partially intact, on "Nike Road". Private ownership, 4 military buildings still exist, usage unknown. 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. Aerial image shows faint evidence of launcher area appears to be covered with soil. Foundations visible in construction site. Actual missile area had 3 building to hold missiles, and rails to slide them outside. Magazine exists, concreted over. Initially, New York's air defenses had been manually coordinated from Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. TV transmitter site. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Abandoned. Each squadron has five Missile Alert Facilities which each control ten silo's for a total of 50 silo's per squadron. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. Every fall, the park holds a, Obliterated, only foundations remain, Township owned. On Bellows AFS, Twin Nike-Hercules launch underground facilities thoroughly overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. The perimeter fence appears to remain. Formerly manned by the B/54th (12/54-9/58), B/4/1st (9/58-9/59) and MDArNG D/2/70th (9/59-9/53). Buildings standing, several radar towers. Now into multiple-family housing. The 436th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion was active by 1955. Sites CL-02, CL-ll, and CL-69 were converted to fire Nike Hercules missiles. Town of Westport, Westport/Weston Health District, Bayberry. It was inactivated on 4 Nov 1970. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. US Government ownership, storage and maintenance support facility for Fort Devens. On top of mountain ridge, under US Army control. eventually we came to a missile silo right near State Highway 34 and there was a semi-truck backed up right onto the pad inside the perimeter of the . But some remnants and buildings still stand, including in Wolf Lake where an actual Nike missile is on display. SF-90DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-38 / Z-38 The AADCP was inactivated in mid-1971. The area is off-limits to visitors at Angel Island State Park. Apparently, magazines are still electrified, and used for covered underground storage. Essex County Park District, developed into Riker Hill Park. Mostly sold off. Barracks buildings remain intact and little altered. The base's 150 missiles are . Redeveloped into single-family housing. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The MAF's are also a target. Buildings deteriorated but intact. Former triple Ajax battery. Baseball fields, recreation Halls, Tennis courts, playground etc. Abandoned. 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. The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. It is a long and lonely route. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. Ask him. Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. FDS. Above-ground magazine protected by berms. Now "Turkey Hill Park". The control in the upper-right corner of the map (it shows the four corners of a box) allows you to see the map
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