NIKE Anti-Aircraft Missile Complex

Launch site (secure area - GPS withheld)
Radar site (occupied area - GPS withheld)

NIKE missile launch site. Three missile bays are located here.

The black and yellow striped doors are open and the hydraulic missile elevator is in the raised position.

Part of the missile bay. Each bay stored 12 missiles.

A missile maintenance shed at the entrance to the launch site.

Located in this photo are two former NIKE missile radar towers.
The radar domes have been removed. There were a total of 5 radars here.

The launch area.

Miscellaneous


Tower A foundation next to the Meteorological Station (N 36°54.982 W076°00.187).
Part of the Tower B foundation is nearby (N 36°54.967 W076°00.183).
These were steel observation & signal towers located on "Boy Scout Hill."
Also nearby is the radio room (N 36°55.343 W076°00.264)


A former gate to the Army base. (N 36°55.206 W076°01.261)
Route 60 (Shore Drive) is in the background.


Stairway foundation to Granite Tower B (N 36°55.350 W076°02.531 USCGS).
No other trace remains. A switchboard room is to the rear.
The Tower C site (N 36°55.515 W076°02.599 USCGS) is in the parking lot.

Foundation to Granite Tower A (N 36°55.455 W076°02.502 USCGS).
A Map Control Station (N 36°55.455 W076°02.493 USACE) was located
to the rear and is marked by a Corps of Engineers benchmark.

East End Tower foundation (N 36°54.779 W075°59.944 USCGS).
Foundations to the Seacoast Radar tower (N 36°54.823 W075°59.984)
and supporting structures were found nearby.

A Terminal Hut (N 36°54.920 W076°00.085) for the East End Station.

Auxiliary Command Post (N 36°54.891 W76°00.070) for the East End Station.

Auxiliary Command Post (N 36°55.260 W076°00.536 USCGS "Ft Story") for the West End Station.

NOTE: The West End Tower foundation (N 36°55.343 W076°00.694 USCGS) is in a heavily overgrown area.
Although it can be found, photographs are not possible.
The West End Terminal Hut no longer exists.


One of three World War II era magazines. (N 36°55.573 W076°01.376)

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