abandoned missile silos in pennsylvania
Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. Buildings in use, magazines still intact, being used as a parking lot. Has been turned into a public horse park named Paradise Ridge. Electrified with working elevators. The AADCP was inactivated in Sep 1969. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. Part of Army Reserve Center, in back of facility. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) W-13DC established at Fort Meade, MD in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. 2 Cold War-era nuclear missile silos that sat abandoned for decades went on sale in Arizona for $495,000 each. No buildings or signs of magazines. AADCP inactivated 1 September 1974 and dissolved as part of the 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. "[28], Both magazines were unroofed and backfilled with earth. Heinzen, who is also the director of Rowans Hollybush Institute (named for the campus building where the leaders met), says that while the summit produced no direct agreements, it set a pattern for future face-to-face meetings. Heres a blast from the past. Sites CL-02, CL-ll, and CL-69 were converted to fire Nike Hercules missiles. DallasFort Worth Defense Area (DF): For air defense of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. And this one can be all yours. After its closure by the Army, on 25 Sep 1975 the control site property was designated the Coventry ANG Station, Air National Guard. Concrete pad visible along with launch door (sealed). Nothing else is left. Some buildings standing, even a few radar towers. Much of site overgrown with vegetation.
Above ground launching site with berms protecting launchers. Take a look at footage captured at one of these sites in Altus: In November of 1964, it was announced that the type of missiles that were housed and cared for here were being phased out of commission. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers.
D-58 control site is currently being auctioned to general public by. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. Private ownership. No evidence of IFC site.
Private ownership, electrical service, buildings and radar towers standing. FDS. Initially operating both Nike Ajax and Hercules but later on only Nike Hercules, the Norwegian Nikes were only conventional armed with the T-45 High Explosive warhead. Buildings exist on east side of road, appear to be in poor condition and overgrown. Some buildings still in use. 4255'04.5"N 8809'57.6"W. Demolished as of 2014. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) SL-47DC was established at Belleville AFS, IL in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use. It is also owned by the Michigan DNR. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, the Hercules was, in every way, an improvement upon the Ajax: Where the earlier model could rise to 70,000 feet, with a range of 30 miles, at more than twice the speed of sound, the follow-up could reach 150,000 feet with a 75-mile range, at more than three times the speed of sound. 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]. The Pentagon plans to spend $264 billion on its next-generation ICBM program, which would upgrade the silos and missiles, and ensure the absorbency of the sponge for decades to come. FDS. In highly industrial area. 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). Redeveloped into single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. FDS. Redeveloped into single-family housing subdivision "Callaway Lakes". 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). Roads exist with severe cracking in poor shape. The IFC was located off New Lake View Road, at 2 E. Heltz Road, and is now offices for the Town of Hamburg and as part of Lakeview Road Recreation Area. Hanford Defense Area (H): Nike missiles replaced and augmented gun batteries that had been previously installed CAArNG, 458th MASH facility. Now under private ownership, Explosives Technology. Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". Has radar towers.
Launch site now the parking lot for the Children's Theatre of Annapolis and athletic fields. Offutt AFB Defense Area (OF): Provided a Nike Hercules defense for Omaha's Offutt AFB, which was the Headquarters of the During the mapping of the missile sites in South Dakota, Delta- 01 was assigned the name of Mike and Beths Launch Control Center after Mike Sprong and Beth Preheim, peace activists that mapped the Delta Flight and directed the mapping project in Ajax and Hercules launch doors visible, probably welded shut. Base and the Austin region from two Nike Hercules sites between 1960 and 1966. WebMarch 2015. Contact Us It was later upgraded to the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system. Elevators cemented over. FEMA team headquarters, and missile site still accessible. FDS, Abandoned and overgrown. 421331.44N 0875653.52W / 42.2254000N 87.9482000W / 42.2254000; -87.9482000 (C-94-LS). Land cleared and being redeveloped into forested area. Above-ground Nike-Hercules pads within protective berms. FDS. Today, the housing is abandoned and the homes had been removed, leaving the basements exposed. Above-ground launch facility with built-up pads, but no evidence of missile launch facilities remaining. Town of Milford, board of education. Contaminated soil remediated on site. FDS. Private ownership, berm and assembly building exits. FDS. The site totally redeveloped, and no Nike site buildings remain. Foundations visible in construction site. Private Ownership. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour.
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. 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. Magazines appear intact. The concrete area around magazines, in good shape, appears to be used as a storage yard. Now well-preserved in private ownership. Remains in secure area, used as a storage area by NIST, but awaiting rezoning for residential development. Some buildings may still be standing. Buildings at beginning of entrance road, former underground double magazine. Some broken concrete remains of launch area. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. Doors have been completely covered with dirt. No remnants remain except some small broken chunks of concrete. FDS. Partially intact, buildings being used, no evidence of radar towers. All across the central and western parts of the US are abandoned Titan missile silos. The administrative, housing, and launch complex area was located just west of South Lake Shore Drive, between the 59th St Harbor and Hayes Dr. As it happens, PH-58s location makes the baseand others in the PH zoneespecially historically significant. Largely intact, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department, Bossier Parish SWAT field training site. Missile launch areas now abandoned and overgrown. Intact but decaying and falling apart, NPS-GGNRA, camp site, YMCA facility. Small part US Army Reserve center. Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) DF-30DC was established at Duncanville AFS, TX in 1959 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Cambria Municipal offices, appears to be converted into maintenance storage yard.
Two towers are still standing, covered with corrugated sheet steel. 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. Magazines badly deteriorated, some used as parking lot. 2500 sqft. Also used by the Air Force as part of the. Above ground magazines protected by berms. No evidence of launchers. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. The Radar towers, Generator bldg., Van pads, and connecting building foundation are all there. Exists in deteriorated condition east of and adjacent to the Miramar Armory of the. Peninsula Airport Commission. Abandoned. Now US Forest Service facility. Some old roads still exist in the abandoned part of the facility, but no evidence of radar towers. Now Northeastern University Marine Science Center. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. Site is across Industrial Highway from former launch site. Never completed. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Obliterated. This site was co-located with the now closed. Now obliterated, although largely intact. Several buildings still in use. Well preserved site with numerous IFC buildings in use. Some buildings in use, others very deteriorated. FDS, now private ownership, fenced, restricted access. FDS.
Obliterated, Army terrorism training site, demolished but support structure for target acquisition radar still intact. Different parts of the site also took on various roles including a fire and police academy, school, and target range. 4th Battalion 55th Artillery ceased operations in May 1965, thus ending the Nike missile defense of Thule airbase. Site PR-99 at North Smithfield stayed in operation until 1971 while PR-38 at Bristol held on until 1974. Now "Turkey Hill Park". Obliterated, City of Redondo Beach, Hopkins Wilderness Park. Now a sports complex. Instead of the servicemen contributing to society, it is the buildings and land left behind. All Belgian Nike sites were in the 2 ATAF part of then West-Germany. Known as Orange Air National Guard Station. Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings, After inactivation, the property reverted to Selfridge AFB. Current status is unknown. Largely obliterated, now Massachusetts Audubon education center. Used to be well preserved for its years of age and disuse, but the underground batteries were demolished and filled in 2001. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Obliterated by 1997. Land incorporated within Alfred Brush Ford Park (also known as Ford Brush Park) at the foot of Lenox Ave. CTANG(CT Air National Guard), Communications/Radar site. Manning was by D/54th (11/55-9/58), D/4/1st (9/58-9/59) and MDArNG D/1/70th (9/59-12/62).
Obliterated, City of Detroit. Redeveloped into Immanuel Lutheran Church and a multi-story light office building. It was transferred from the Army to the Air Force (Headquarters Command) on 10 Jun 1963. PA Images via Getty Images. Intact, Gateway National Recreation Area. Above-ground Nike-Hercules site. Two Integrated Fire Control (IFC) sites service the launch site, which contained twice the normal number of batteries. As of 2019, entire launch site covered by new police academy. 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. Now obliterated, Private ownership, housing. Above-ground magazine protected by berms.
An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. 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'. Redeveloped into part golf course, part U.S. Army Reserve center. Winner will be selected at random on 05/01/2023. Built on a former World War II auxiliary field (#3) of Roswell AAF. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. FDS. 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. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Radar tower outlines are visible. HM-01DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site Z-210. Leftover traces of the approximately 265[2] Nike missile bases can still be seen around cities across the United States. Site appears unused. Abandoned. State of Rhode Island, State Police Academy and Training Center, buildings in use; magazines visible. Fairbanks Defense Area: Sites were installed to replace Anti-Aircraft guns defending the Fairbanks area, which included Fort Wainwright and Eielson AFB. These abandoned military bases housed some of the most devastating nuclear weapons ever built during the cold war. 
WebUnderground House from Old Missile Silo. Is fenced in, with a "No Trespassing" sign, guard shack and many buildings in good repair. This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; 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. Nestled behind a sleepy suburb on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., an abandoned relic of the Cold War is hiding in plain sight behind nothing more than a chainlink fence. Minor remnants are still visible in the NE corner.
Some old buildings remain. Some buildings are in use, but no radar towers. Part of the concrete structures and the bases of the radar towers are still standing, and used for paintball wars by the local youth. Radars used at Fire Island were CPS-6B, FPS-8, CPS-4, FPS-20A, FPS-6B. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol.
Single-family home. Most buildings were razed, with no radar towers. Access road also overgrown with vegetation, inaccessible. Totally obliterated.
Magazines appear to be covered over with dirt but location still visible on aerial imagery.
Either Army Reserve or NY National Guard site. FDS. The Air Force ceased radar operations on 30 Sep 1969, and the AADCP was inactivated on 1 Sep 1974. Magazine area used for school bus parking. Site guard shack and owner' house is a reconstructed Crew quarters. Large areas of concrete piles visible in aerial imagery. Appears to be a storage area for tractor-trailers. Appears to be a large water tower built on site. Used for herding rams and storage. Hotel and commercial development. Obliterated, Milagra Ridge (GGNRA). By Donald E. Bender", Optimization study aims to expedite Nike CD-78, "Sports Complex Coming to Former Military Base", "Cold War to cold brews: Pittsburgh's nuclear history is becoming a brewery's new home", "Nike Missile Norfolk Defense Area Virginia", "Former Four Lakes Communications Station", "Kent district to demolish two schools for new facilities", "Air Defense Command in Area Reorganized", "JS Online: Waukesha explores park at missile site", "The Nike Missile Bases of the Milwaukee Area Pool", Locations of Former Nike Site Locations & Status (text), Fairleigh Dickinson University page on PH-32, Nike Hercules Missile Battery Summit Site, Anchorage, Anchorage Borough, AK, Nike Hercules Missile Battery Tare Site, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK, America's Air Defense of South Florida During and After the Cuban Missile Crisis: 19621979, History of the North Key Largo Missile Site, Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Kahuku, Honolulu County, HI, Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Launcher Area, Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Control Area, Kahuku Nike Missile Battery OA-17, Administration Area, Nike Missile Base C-84, Barrington, Cook County, IL, Nike Missile Site C-41 Promontory Point Jackson Park, Chicago, AA-38: Annapolis-Bay Bridge Nike Missile Site W-26, Nike B-05L Missile Site Danvers, MA 11/29/05, Nike Missile Battery D-57/58 Detroit Michigan, Newport Nike Missile Battery D-57/58, Carleton, Monroe County, MI, Newport Nike Missile Battery D-57/58, Integrated Fire Control Area, Newport Nike Missile Battery D-57/58, Launch Area, Nike Missile Base SL-40, Hecker, Monroe County, IL, Nike Missile Battery MS-40, Farmington, Dakota County, MN, Nike Missile Battery PR-79 Foster Rhode Island, NIKE Missile Battery PR-79, East Windsor Road south of State Route 101, Foster, Providence County, RI, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Nike_missile_sites&oldid=1148217969, Surface-to-air missile batteries of the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles needing additional references from April 2016, All articles needing additional references, Articles with empty sections from April 2019, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2011, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. O'Block Junior High, and Adlai Stevenson Elementary School. Buildings standing, looks abandoned. Many tractor trailers and new small business or manufacturing buildings on the site. FDS. Totally obliterated and redeveloped into the Parkhurst US Army Reserve Center. Parks and Recreation, maintenance, building in use. Buildings still standing. The 436th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion was active by 1955. Missile magazines exist however launchers appear to be concreted over. FDS. Pittsburgh was chosen because of its industrial value and Philadelphia was picked in part because of its Navy shipyard. Triple magazines visible, overgrown and abandoned. Missile pads partially Intact, Harvard University. May be used as a parking lot. Totally obliterated; replaced by the South Suburban Rehab Center at 19000 S Halsted St. FDS. 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. Site cleared and redeveloped on top of ridge. WebMissile Bases, Communication Bunkers, & Underground Properties Missile Base Specialists See Our Inventory 20th Century Castles, LLC has sold 60 properties. Raymond Central High School some buildings intact but site greatly modified for school. Located on a hill. 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. Battery 8,8th Battalion,3rd Air Defense Brigade was located on the Chinen peninsula in southern part of the island. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. The mountain between the launcher and the IFC was "notched" in three places to allow the Missile Tracking Radar to acquire the missile while sitting on the launcher. Above-ground firing site, although no berms visible. Some old roads remain. The only IFC building left is a small pump house.
The base cost $25 million to build and he spent $40,000 for the property.
Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. Almost intact buildings still exist but are vandalized and a section has major fire damage. FDS. Still fenced with closed access gate.
The site was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Magazine exists, concreted over. Obliterated. Closed by 1997. General Belgian Nike info: The Nike missile system was operational in the Belgian airforce from 1959 until 1990. Now "Lower Nike Park". Appears to be the base of a radar tower remaining, no buildings. Obliterated, paved over for tractor trailer parking lot. Today, partially Intact, Private ownership. Area has now become a "Academy Sports and Outdoors" distribution facility. Private owner, construction use. On mountain peak, leveled flat for the base. Off Nike Road.
Well-preserved in private ownership. Largely Obliterated, some remains in semi-wooded area.
Each site with a US Custodial Team had an on-site load of 10 nuclear warheads ready to be launched at very short notice. Redeveloped as Anne Arundel County Schools Maint & Operations center. Part of the facility exists to the west, with outlines of radar towers visible.
The Glassboro Summit was followed by the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the 1972 Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Agreement (SALT I). Magazine visible, covered with vegetation and refuse. It was part of the Nike-Belt, a defense system which was created to defend Europe against the then newly invented jets. Double-battery Nike launch area on top of tall ridge. Buildings standing, several radar towers. Anti-aircraft missiles encircled the nation's largest cities toas a final line of defense against Soviet bombers. Several Buildings standing also some radar towers. The AADCP was inactivated in May 1972. Appears abandoned, covered by wild vegetation, Private ownership.
Private property, with locked fence access. FDS. Used as the Bedford Electronics Research Annex. In 2002, Evesham Township had the launch area cleared of illegal dumps and demolition debris left from the buildings. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. When the Army abandoned the launch area of SF-88 at Fort Barry in 1974, the National Park Service assumed custody of the site, incorporating it into the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. Upgraded to above-ground Nike-Hercules and re-designated HM-66. Now "Nike Overlook Park". Township of Lumberton and private owner.
Largely obliterated. FDS.