As the U.S. and other countries enact sanctions against Russia, some remnants of escalating tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. still stand in Chicago. Redeveloped into Nike Park Sports Complex on Diehl Road. 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. It was being used as a Day Camp for children, but is now abandoned. View waymark gallery. Most of launch site turned into a quarry. Several buildings were reused as warehouses. Redeveloped into Norwin Soccer Club, Norwin YMCA, Oak Hollow Seniors Center. Concrete around magazines severely cracked both Ajax and Hercules doors. Private ownership. Now obliterated, although largely intact. Now a forest preserve. The post was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site M-97. Buildings torn down, some sidewalks left. Base of radar tower and control building remain S.E. It was equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Not much else. The missiles were decommissioned in 1974 as the Cold War came to an end, but remnants remain all around the country to this day. Twin Oaks Summer Camp. It was later equipped with the AN/GSG-5(V) BIRDIE solid-state computer system. Fire Control largely preserved and accessible via hiking trail. Private ownership, now MPL Industries. Some buildings standing as well as radar towers. Site razed in 2006; now a vacant lot with visible concrete debris piled up in several places. Closed in 1993 with the inactivation of Loring Air Force Base. Originally established during World War II as Camp Wolters. Some buildings standing, used by the Twin Pines Council of Governments as a Police Firing Range. Buildings torn down, foundations remain. Abandoned. Several Buildings standing also some radar towers. Northwest side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. N 41 48.039 W 088 09.142. FDS. Condition unknown. It was formerly under private ownership, used as an Airsoft gaming facility, most notably by the Minnesota Airsoft Association. Missile site partially intact, used by City of Torrance, Torrance Airport Civil Air Patrol. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. These were supposed to be airlifted to certain Nike sites in case of deterioration of the international political situation in the world. Also storage yard. King Salmon Long Range Radar Site is still in use. While the project was approved, the development was never built. Barracks buildings in use, double magazine site. Theres a Cold War missile launch site in Addison, Illinois that is now home to a charming park where children play. concrete pad inside berms partially clear. Totally obliterated by new construction. Private ownership, in excellent condition. Abandoned. Obliterated. Some IFC buildings in use. Mix of new and old buildings. see the locations of all silos on the ICBM History page. Some buildings remain, part of Foster/Gloucester Regional School District. This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets. No signs of radar towers. In single-family home subdivision built since inactivation of Nike Fire Control Site. Obliterated. Difficult to tell with all wild vegetation status of launch site, no buildings appear to be standing, probably earthen berms exist under vegetation canopy. Intact, East Bay Regional Park District, Lake Chabot Park, Department of Public Safety, service yard. Some buildings still standing and in use by Independence Board of Education. Magazines probably in good condition, launch area being used for trailer and outside storage. Illinois. Buildings, some radar towers. Obliterated, LA Sheriff's Department Air Station. Almost all of the towers and control facilities are gone now including all traces at Montrose Harbor. In early 1965 the AN/TSQ-51 "Missile Mentor" solid-state computer system was installed. Launch area well maintained shows both Ajax and Hercules elevators, and per Maryland State Police are welded shut. Private ownership. American Indian Center Singing Winds Site. The central buiding houses the elevator to take the missileers down to the underground control center. 384744N 0894758W / 38.79556N 89.79944W / 38.79556; -89.79944 (SL-10-CS), Private Ownership Purchased 7-12-14 by Ron Mertens of Smithton IL. Redeveloped into single-family housing subdivision "Callaway Lakes". The buildings are now used as a thrift store, Granny's Attic, and a medical clinic. Missile Base Specialists. FDS. full-screen. Redeveloped as Bristol County Development Center, no remains. Likely most of site is under vegetation cover. The first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) silos arrived on the Great Plains in 1959 when Atlas sites were constructed in Wyoming. Appears in good condition, buildings in use. Now "Turkey Hill Park". Isle of Wight County Park "Nike Park". Chicago Tonight in Your Neighborhood: Bronzeville Receives Historic Designation. Four buildings still standing, no radar towers. Still in Army control, being used by the PAArNG; D/876th Engineer Battalion. Still behind locked gate and fenced. It was designated as Gibbsboro Family Housing Annex. FDS Location Undetermined Possibly incorporated into Naval Weapons Station Earle. FEMA team headquarters, and missile site still accessible. Underground single-magazine intact, no buildings, appears abandoned. FDS. Located at Battery Leary, Merriam, Upper Reservation, Ft. MacArthur. NY-55DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-9 / Z-9 Air Force operations at the site ended on 1 July 1966, and Nike operations were inactivated on 31 Oct 1974. 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. To reach the site, drive to William W. Powers State Recreation Area in southeast Chicago. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. FDS. At that time it was redesignated; and Jurisdiction, Control, and Accountability assigned to Andrews AFB. Most silos were based in Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Missouri, Montana, Wyoming and other western states. Some buildings remain in use, most razed along with radar towers. The buildings are all new; the motor pool, up a rise slightly, has a couple of older structures, but the place otherwise has been cleaned off. U.S. Army Air Defense Command operated the sites with Regular Army units (possibly from 562nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment) from 1960 until 1966. Leveled and cleared; redeveloped into Patriots Park along 187th Street. Fenced and gated. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. Built on 11 acres of land, the silo was specifically home to the. Several were obliterated and turned into parks. After being closed by the Army it was established as an Air Force installation, the Sepulveda Air National Guard Station. with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. B-21DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site MM-1. Part of the concrete structures and the bases of the radar towers are still standing, and used for paintball wars by the local youth. Buildings in good condition, the old radar towers are still standing. Redeveloped into USAR Center. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. The U.S. Army (19541959) and the Army National Guard (19591963) operated this battery. . Figure 2 shows a satellite view of a MAF. In a two-week period, 24 hours a day, the Army Corps of Engineers literally built an island in the swamp by bringing in thousands of truck loads of earth fill to build an elevated land surface for the missiles and radars which would keep the equipment elevated above the Everglades water level. Obliterated, Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. A few old IFC buildings in use, no radar towers. Obliterated, Horizon Heights Park and grass runway airfield. 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. FDS. Magazines visible, condition unknown. Some buildings in use, magazine area obliterated however land scarring visible where overfilled with soil. Launch site looks abandoned, buildings in deteriorated condition. Well-preserved in private ownership. But, by the late 50s, the Soviet Union shifted its strategy because those aircraft were vulnerable to attack. 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. Buildings in good shape, no radar towers. Site is abandoned, four radar towers standing. Small part US Army Reserve center. The sites around Fairbanks were inactivated in 1970 and 1971. Double above-ground magazines, on top of mountain ridge, under US Army control, Both Nike launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. Appears to be a storage area for tractor-trailers. Site used as vehicle storage for county vehicles, and other public services. 5 miles. The site totally redeveloped with new buildings. Many buildings standing, some razed. 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. One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States. Residential housing plan. Some construction on launching area, launch doors concreted over, but one of the two magazines had been converted into a gym. Obliterated, Corps of Engineers control, demolished, Partially intact, Launch remains, serves as administration facility for Chena River Lakes Recreation Area. The launcher Area has about 7 launch pads with 3 underground bunkers and 1 barn with rails, about 80% finished when construction halted. The 436th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion was active by 1955. Buildings at beginning of entrance road, former underground double magazine. Essex County Park District, developed into Riker Hill Park. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. FDS. No radar towers. Site DY-10, located at Fort Phantom Hill and site DY-50, located southwest of Abilene, remained operational from 1960 until 1966. there, you'd probably ignore it. LC buildings along Staley road still in use. Appears to be the base of a radar tower remaining, no buildings. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brings back memories of the Cold War. FDS. OnlyInYourState may earn compensation through affiliate links in this article. Launch area concrete badly cracked, doors rusting, all of the magazines are filled to surface level with groundwater due to the high water table in the area. 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. Former above-ground site with berms protecting launchers. Part of the IFC has been redeveloped into unorganized sports facility. Above-ground site with launchers protected by berms. Chicago Art Curators Stumbled on a Mystery. Redeveloped into USAR Center, Transportation Company. Buildings have been razed but foundations remain; double-Nike-Ajax magazines badly cracked with wild vegetation overgrowing. Horses occupy the Assembly building. Looks like some vehicles are parked on concrete pads. PennDOT training site. Meanwhile, the area that used to be a Nike site at Montrose Harbor is now a nature preserve. 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. FDS. Redeveloped into "Nike Recreation Fields", Town of Shelton. This double Nike site was operational with both Ajax and Hercules missiles. A monument to the site stands near the entrance to the recreation area. But the missile crews would practice bringing them up from underground and pointing them at the sky. New building for armory, no FC buildings remain. 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. FDS. No missiles were ever actually launched in Chicago. Redeveloped into multi-family housing. FDS. This program, known as Project Nike, was the first operational American anti-aircraft system. Nothing left. The solution was intercontinental ballistic missiles, which could be launched from Soviet soil. Now County highway maintenance storage facility. Many were already on Army National Guard bases who continued to use the property. A missile silo in Abilene, Kansas, used to store and launch ballistic missiles in the 1960s, is on sale for $380,000. Barracks building in use, most other buildings razed. Site was never operational, Private ownership, four long military buildings still exist with circular access road, usage unknown. Abandoned and overgrown site at the south end of lake/state recreation area. Double magazine in good shape. C-44 Hegewisch/Wolf Lake. The radar site ceased all operations on 15 August 1962. 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. Above ground launching site with berms protecting launchers. Concrete slabs and some wooden curb stops remain, but all buildings have been removed. Launch area was immediately north of current school building. Few buildings left, faint traces of one magazine but very little of Launch site remains. Each site with a US Custodial Team had an on-site load of 10 nuclear warheads ready to be launched at very short notice. Partially intact. Intact double underground magazine, Small arms storage, firing, and maneuvering range. Appears to be largely intact underneath vegetation overgrowth; old access road entrance at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. FDS. Former double magazine. Also lots of single-family housing. Offer subject to change without notice. We always take Highway 71 South taking us through Kimball, Nebraska and Limon, Colorado coming out at Highway 25 at Trinidad, Colorado. Severely overgrown with vegetation. No evidence of IFC site. Obliterated, new office building construction, in highly urban area. Has been completely demolished and made into a nature conservatory. MONTANA LOCATIONS In the mid-1990s, the site was sold to another developer who turned the control area into the Briarwood development. Partially redeveloped; now the location of National Park Service, Fenced and behind a locked gate, largely intact. At southwest of Fort Sheridan National Cemetery. Excavated into a pond. 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. You can choose to turn Labels on or off. Appear to have been dug up and filled with earth. 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). This area is currently being run by the U.S. Perhaps some structures in the overgrowth. Magazine site is still very recognizable, with the surface concrete pad / blast deflectors and raised areas surrounding the former elevator doors still in place. DF-30DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site P-78 / Z-78. May be a radar platform in SE corner near "Nike Road". Single-family home. Wiloughby Eastlake School District. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Being cleared and leveled. Only a few are intact and preserve the history of the Nike project. You can Formerly used by the RIANG, 281st CCG, 282d CBCS. Several radar towers standing. 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. pinching the display with two fingers. Paved over parking lot for trucks.. Now light industrial area, some old IFC buildings still in use. The Army housing was commonly referred to as West Nike Housing Area, and was controlled by Ellsworth AFB until about 2000. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. The only IFC building left is a small pump house. Buildings vacant, but given the remoteness of this facility appear to be in decent shape. 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. Manned by C/36th (/54-9/58), C/1/562nd (9/58-3/60) and MDArNG A/1/70th (3/60-12/62). The site totally redeveloped, and no Nike site buildings remain. Abandoned. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. A few, such as site C-44 in southeastern Chicago can still be. D-57 site demolished, redeveloped into Ford Motor Co. automotive parts distribution center in 2021. Iron Mountain storage building erected on old Missile pad. Demolished, Roswell Correctional Center Partially. Intact, LA County Fire Camp #9 and GTE cellular relay station. They were said to be the last line of defense. An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Caswell AFS, ME in 1957 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. The missiles were stored horizontally underground. Here are some maps showing the locations of U.S. Minuteman III ICBM silo's along with coordinates. [10] During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Travis battalion assumed responsibility for the remaining active batteries guarding the entire San Francisco region. Fish and Wildlife Service. Still in use, with a few buildings, one radar tower, TXArNG training. The Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond, Fact Sheet: Ballistic vs. Cruise Missiles. Area has now become a "Academy Sports and Outdoors" distribution facility. Redeveloped, East Bay Regional Park District, Coyote Hills Regional Park Alameda County Sheriff's Department radio transmitter. Outline of fence evident in aerial photography. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. No evidence of former IFC site. Never operational. Site was never operational. Launchers obliterated. to defend this nuclear industrial complex. FDS. Private ownership. All six magazines are concreted over. Redeveloped into communications site. The control in the upper-right corner of the map (it shows the four corners of a box) allows you to see the map Those have since been dismantled and demolished due to various nuclear arms reduction treaties. Missile launch pads intact. Optionally, a missile may contain a single W87 475-kiloton warhead to attack a single target. C-50 Homewood. The site was inactivated on 8 Sep 1968. Redeveloped into Gardner Unified School offices. However, there was a Nike missile base there. Mostly redeveloped, many buildings remain in good shape, sidewalks still connecting buildings. WTTW News Explains: How Did Chicago Get Its Shape? The launch site itself is not part of the paintball area. There are two adjacent ski recreation areas. The MAF's are also a target. Now obliterated, High-end single-family housing, no evidence of IFC. Magazine area has been partially filled in, severe cracking of concrete, abandoned. FDS. HM-65 was Nike-Ajax. Private ownership, Radio transmitter, Cell tower built on site. State of Rhode Island, State Police Academy and Training Center, buildings in use; magazines visible. Accessible to the public by hiking. The site was initially an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. 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. No evidence of IFC. Exterior of the administration building and launch area can be viewed during the tour. Some buildings standing, Now USG Plant. Later re-used as an Aerojet facility but now abandoned. Redeveloped Solano County Detention Center and Animal Shelter, FSUSD bus yard. IFC was operated by B/71st (7/54-9/58) and B/1/71st (9/58-11/62), Redeveloped into "Great Falls Nike Missile Park", FDS. Partially intact, on "Nike Road". An Army Air-Defense Command Post (AADCP) was established at Sweetwater AFS, TX in 1960 for Nike missile command-and-control functions. Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard. FDS. 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. The Italian Nike units were initially combined Nike Ajax and Hercules equipped but switched completely over to Nike Hercules in the mid 1970s. The village has constructed wastewater treatment lagoons on 1/3 of the site. On 6 Mar 1951 it was redesignated Wolters Air Force Base. Also used as police firing range for the City of Gary, with former assembly building berm as the back stop. Foundations visible in construction site. Army ownership on Ft Wainwright property, The site is overgrown with vegetation, Nike launch buildings are relatively intact. Due to its solid fuel technology, the missiles could be mass produced. Administrative Area buildings intact deteriorated. The concrete area around magazines, in good shape, appears to be used as a storage yard. Located at Bailey's Hill Park. It is also a safe haven for deer chased by hunters in the area, as it is completely fenced in. Fort Monroe, HQ Training and Doctrine Command, Buildings in good shape, magazines covered with earth. 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. Every fall, the park holds a, Obliterated, only foundations remain, Township owned. Redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street. Buildings well maintained, appears to be 3 radar towers to the east of the buildings still standing. The radar and control facility was located on the west side of Forest Way Drive two blocks north of Tower Road. Robinson Dept. But the Ajax could only travel about 25 miles, which military leaders felt was not far enough to be an effective air defense. Obliterated. Nike missile operations continued there until 1979 when the site was closed. The AADCP inactivated in 1966. Redeveloped into American Foundation for Autistic Children. Jackson Parks old site is now a golf course. Most buildings razed and rebuilt as a Relay site. FDS. Hong Kong CNN . Private owner, construction use. S-90DC was integrated with the USAF Air Defense Command/NORAD Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense radar network as Site RP-1 / Z-1 The Air Force ceased radar operations in March 1963 and the AADCP was inactivated 1 Sep 1974. 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. A parking lot for Northeastern University Suburban Campus. Totally obliterated, nothing left. Launched from a Montana silo, a Minuteman III would take about 20 minutes to reach Moscowits speed is not constant along its flight path. On 18 Sep 1968, IFC-2 was designated the Palehua AF Solar Observatory Research Site, activated, and assigned to Military Airlift Command with jurisdiction and operational control assigned to Air Weather Service. Intact, Department of Energy, silo currently used as lab for University of Washington research projects. Empty lot cleared of all vegetation. Now part of the McCormick Place Bird Sanctuary. Partially Intact on mountain top, Fort Funston Park Picnic Area. One height-finder radar was later removed and remaining set modified to an AN/FPS-116 c. 1977. C-40 Burnham Park.