L - (abandoned)
[{Branting, Rob} (Feb 2003) looks the same as Crete launcher, storage on site but abandoned. ]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=41-02-10 96-44-25 ]
[{Page, T} TerraServer

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[{Branting, Rob} (Feb 2003) guard shack and other buildings intact. site used for storage and otherwise abandoned. ]
[{Tesar, D} TerraServer]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=40-38-45 96-49-25 ]

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[{Murdock, S} GPS=40-59-01 96-05-30 TerraServer

" ...this was a rare "hardened" Nike site with heavily-constructed, blast-resistant structures at both the IFC and Launcher areas. The battery and radar control vans were located side-by-side within the reinforced structure which was protected by 8-ton doors and a special, pressurized air filtration system. Crew accomodations were provided within this building, as well as in a smaller structure at the launcher area. "]

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[{Page, T} TerraServer (IFC & housing site):

L-
[{Page, T} TerraServer ?? (not sure about the launcher site ... more or less looks right; is in or near Holmdel Park)

In the "TerraServer" aerial photo, the old Nike Missile Master building is still visible (the large building with the dark roof, upper left). One radar tower -- the AN/FPS-26 height-finder -- is still visible. Everthing is gone now; the entire site was bull-dozed a few years ago.

We have photos (old and new) on our web site, http://www.radomes.org/museum/

By the way, the comments on your web site are incorrect. The old Highlands AFS / AADC site is not "Now National Park Service; Gateway National Recreation Area." The old Nike IFC and launchers areas at nearby Ft. Hancock (NY-56) on Sandy Hook are. However, the former Highlands radar site is now a NJ city or county park.

One last thing, Highlands AFS was the parent station of Texas Tower #4 (TT-4), one of three off-shore AC&W radar platforms that existed in the mid/late 1950's and early 1960's. TT-4 collapsed in 1961 during a violent storm, killing all aboard. The Texas Towers reportedly [was] mentioned on an episode of The History Channel's "Modern Marvels -- Engineering Disasters III" ]

L - NJ 9 & Jake Brown Rd (Old Bridge Twonship Board of Education)
[{Page, T} TerraServer Launcher Site and Housing Area]

L - Hadley Rd & Durham Rd ((O) Hadley Shopping Center; industrial park)

L - (Union County Dept. of Parks and Recreation)
[{Bartolick, J} The launcher site is now the new site of Watchung Stables, operated by the Union County Park Commission. The old stable site was destroyed by the construction of US 78. There is no evidence of the launcher site remaining. The IFC site was in back of Governor Livingston Regional High School. When I was a student there (1969-1972) there were still some structures standing, but everything except some fencing is now gone. Both of these properties were originally owned by the county and I guess they reverted when the Army moved out. The launcher site was used as a county civil defense site for a few years, then left to the usual ravages.]
[{Bender, D} Interestingly, plans were made to create a "dual" site with 6 magazines and two IFCs at NY-73. These plans were never realized. The site was only operational for about 4 years. It's construction was hotly contested by county residents, which helped to delay its siting and construction. After its "sister" sites (Livingston/East Hanover and S. Plainfield) were converted to Hercules operations, it was finally closed in late 1962.
[{Bender, D} (Jan 00)I have written and designed a historical marker for the former Launcher Area, currently the site of the Watchung Stables. I and a representative of a local historical society have discussed a similar marker for the IFC Area with local school officials. ]

L - River Road & NJ 10 ((O) industrial park)
[{Bender, D}Launcher Area is in East Hanover, NOT in Essex Fells. The Launcher Area lies on the west side of River Road, a short distance from NJ 10 in adjacent East Hanover Township. Most of that site has been demolished. However, one can still see one original barracks building, a paint shed, and a raised mound for one of the site's two Launch Control Trailers. The family housing area is directly adjacent to the site and mostly intact, although vandalized. There is also a playground in this area.]
[{Bender, D} (Jan 00) The remaining portions ... including the Housing Area, a barrack, a basketball court and a raised mound for one of two Launch Control Trailers is destined to be demolished and turned into a residential development.
Photos at Don Bender's WWW site.

L - NJ 23, N of I 80 ((P) Circle Lumber Company)
[{Bender, D} The Launcher Area on Route 23 North is partly intact. A barracks building has been adapted to serve as county and township offices, and the missile assembly and test building is used for maintenance purposes. School buses are parked atop the missile magazines. The special missile walkway leading from this building to the revetted acid fueling area is extant as are some remnants of the acid fueling area, although the earthen berms have been removed.

L - Campgaw Rd ((I) abandoned)
[(Brown, R) (July 2005) The two Terraserver links here are those of another site. The coordinates of Campgaw should be around N41° 03' W74° 11.9'. The present Terraserver links for NY-93/94 are 27 miles to the SSW of Campgaw Mountain. The following link is the top of Campgaw Mtn, and I believe (But do not know for absolute certain) that this is the IFC now with horse-riding areas and trails through the surrounding forest:
http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=18&X=709&Y=5682&W=2 The Launch site would have been in the lower right corner of this view, now houses. ]
[{Bender, D} The launcher area on Campgaw Road in Darlington was demolished about three years ago for a residential development. Atop Campgaw Mountain, the IFC area (end of Shadow Ridge Road) remains partially intact. The buildings of the administrative area are now used as horse stables, tack rooms, storage and an office. They are painted in a decidedly non-ARADCOM paint scheme of barn red with white trim! Foundation remnants for radar towers and related buildings and structures are visible upon careful examination. This impressive "double" Nike site was known as the "Four Flags" site during its later years, when Army National Guard units from 4 different states manned the base. It was finally inactivated during 1971. "Off site" article & photos ]
[{Friedel, G} {I was} BC during installation of HIPAR radar. Launcher site is now an up scale housing development built on top of filled in pits. IFC area is a county riding park with a horse in my BOQ room.]
[{Page, T} TerraServer Probable NY-93L Launcher Area - updated 12/05 from 12/04 data]

L - 2 S Mt. Holly, Newbolds Corner Rd ((I)Lumberton Township Municipal Complex)
- Launcher Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
[{Larish, J} TerraServer]
[(Murdock, S) GPS=39-57-40 074-47-51 ]

L - 0.8 N Tomlinson Mill (Road), Evesham Board of Education)
- Launcher Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
[{Larish, J} TerraServer]
[(Murdock, S) GPS=39-52-17 074-52-54 ]
[(O'Donnell, M) April 2003 - ... from the internet. There was a housing development built. I cruised around and in the far corner there was a drain pond and I noticed a chained driveway that lead to the woods. There was a dirt road but It had concrete under it. I walked about 1/2 miles or so and found what was left of the entrance gate. I saw a parking lot, and what was left of buildings and things similar to the sites that you've seen, basically ruins. I went back farther in the woods and found the launch area. I demolition company (their sign [Hargrove] was placed on a tree) had covered the elevator doors with asphalt. The curbs were still there. The stair well doors were missing but there was a huge block of concrete in front of it and you can see on the sides that it was filled with water. ]

L - Cross Keys & Berlin Rds, N of Atlantic City Expressway ((P) W. Hargrove Demolition)
- Launcher Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
[{O'Donnell, M} (November 2003) ...demolition has begun. I had me buddy fly me over and all the elevator platforms were ripped out. I went there Saturday and all the stairs that had been sealed by welded plate had man way size holes cut in them. I went down all six magazine rooms. Some had murals on the depicting missiles with animals. I remember one said foxtrot with a fox and a missile???

L - Pitman-Jefferson Rd ((P) Kraemer Construction Company)
- Launcher Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
[{Larish, J} TerraServer]
[(Murdock, S) GPS=39-44-37 075-10-05 ]

L - 1.4 NNE, off Paulsboro ((P) private owner)
- Launcher Area - TerraServer from the TerraServants (12/04)
[{Larish, J} TerraServer]

The Walker sites are of a different design from the standard Nike installation; the launchers are above ground, with the missile pads mounted in earthen bays. There are two bays per earthwork with two missiles per bay, resulting in 12 Hercules at each site. I have no idea how they managed to reload or where they might have stored the reloads. The crew shelters are sunk into the embankments; I went down into one at the WA-50 site and they measure about 10x10 ft. To get from the shelter to the launcher, the crewmen had to climb over the embankment.

For lack of better, I refer to this style Nike launch site as a SAC design; I haven't been to the other Hercules-only SAC sites so I can't say for sure they were all built to this design. Nike Hercules sites built for SAC bases during 1959-60 were at Barksdale (BD), Bergstrom (BG), Dyess (DY), Lincoln (LI), Offutt (OF), Robins (R) and Turner (TU). Malmstrom and Mountain Home were scheduled to get Herc but deployment was canceled following site surveys. Schilling had facilities built but, like Walker, was inactivated prior to going on alert (16 May 89).

L - 11.5 E Roswell, 2 N US 380 ((I) NMArNG training site)
[{Doubleman, P} (October 2004) The Launching Area is in great shape (no equipment though). The infrastructure is all there (fences (exclusion and limited area), section earth works (Alpha, Bravo, & Charley Sections) exclusion area gate house, Warhead Building and earth works, Missile Assembly Building, dog kennels, Ready Building and limited area gate house. Vandals have cut holes (very handy) in the limited area fence at strategic points to allow entry. The gates were locked. There were even red footprints painted on the Missile Assembly Building hard stand that were used to tell the troops where to stand for their formations. Gosh, it brought back old memories. One thing that I didn't see was any guard towers. Again, the GPS coordinates were right on. Some better driving directions: Go East out of Roswell on US 380 toward the Bottomless Lakes State Park. Where you would take a right to go to the state park... go left toward the NM National Guard Training Facility (it's really abandoned). Follow the dirt road to the IFC Area. Take a right at the IFC Area to get to the Launching Area. ]
[{Murdock, S}GPS=33-26-10 104-20-07, TerraServer]

L - 14 S Roswell, 5 W US 285 ((P) abandoned)
[{Doubleman, P} (October 2004) We found that WA-50 (Launching Area) is pretty much gone except for the earthen bays. It looks as if the buildings (Missile Assembly, Warhead, Generator, and Ready) were blown up. ]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=33-07-35 104-32-38, TerraServer]
[{Morgan, M} The launch area is one mile south and can be seen from the control area. To get to it you drive over a cattle guard and down the middle of a runway; apparently WA-50 was built on the site of a former Roswell AAF aux field (# 3). The launcher is wide open (watch out for cows); the buildings have been demolished but the embankments are in good shape (17 May 89).

L - NY 263, N of Smith Rd (Town of Amherst)
[{Willis, N} Intact] [{Gilliss, D}, Photos ]
[{Murdock, S} GPS= 43-03-50 78-42-38, TerraServer]
[{Talley, J} Veritay is a weapons R&D outfit that operates out of the BU-09 launch site. For 9 years I worked there in the missile bunkers ~ we used them as underground firing ranges. I spent countless hours refurbishing hydraulics and ventilators and the like. Other than patching smaller hydraulic pumps into the lines, we used (and they continue to use) the doors and elevators to move material in and out of the solis and we used the original ventilation system to vent the gases from the various ordnance items we set off. ]

L - Ransom Rd & Walden Ave ((P) First Squared Element Co.
[{Frost, C} I am the Fire Chief of the Millgrove VFD. in Lancaster, New York. The old Nike site in out district still has the elevators operational. A constriction firm uses the underground storage area to repair their equipment. I was down in one of the underground levels for a EMS call this past winter. The location of the elevator site is at the corner of Ransom and Pepermint Rds. in the town of Lancaster, New York ]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=42-55-50 78-35-50 TerraServer ]

L - end of Willardshire Rd, E of Transit Rd (HGM Land Corp.)
[{Wroblewski, B} Photos Jan 2000, The control area is nothing but grass and concrete while I could find absolutely no trace of the launch area. ]
[{Page, T} TerraServer I'm not absolutely positive on the launcher site; it looks right ... but tell me what you think. Thanks.]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=42-46-34 78-40-08 ]
[{Talley, J} (sent by {Page, T}) I caught your comment on Ed' s Nike website ... , sort of questioning where the launch site for BU34/35 was located. You do have the right photo. This is actually located in the Town of Aurora (NY)... the road that comes down from the top of the photo is N. Davis Road and the cross street is Willardshire Road (I used to be an officer in the East Aurora Fire Department and worked for a company that operated out of the BU-09 launch magazines in East Amherst... as a hobby I went and found all the sites in WNY).

L - New Lake View Rd, 1 E. Heltz Rd
Photos
[{Dart, D} ... slightly intact. The buildings are still standing, but the launch area is covered by a Bike track, and the whole site was converted to the Hamburg Town Park. There are Town Offices where the control room use to be.]
[{Wroblewski, B} 1-16-00. As you can see by the photos on Tom's page the launch area still exists and is pretty much intact. It is owned by the Hamburg DPW and is off limits. About two seconds after I took those photographs I was escorted off the property.
[{Murdock, S} GPS=42-42-37 78-54-07 TerraServer ]
[{Markert, T} Jan 2001 - . I was able to find all the missile silos. The town highway dept. has stuff piled around the entrance ways and escape hatches, but they are still there. I hope to get a series of photos done in the spring. Many of the base buildings and the adjacent radar platforms are still there. ]

L - Balmer Rd & Porter Center Rd
[{Housman, J} Aug 2007 - Starting bid $100,000.00 No bids so far for a good reason. Toxic waste every were. This being a part of 7500 acre Ontario Ordnance Works . Government has lied to us about use of this land. They still own a large section across form this site.. You can check out this auction at WWW.auctionrp.com

L - Upper Mountain Rd & Cambria Rd ((I) Cambria Town Hall; vehicle maintenance yard)
[{Dart, D}The most in-tact site we have in WNY. The launching area is overgrown with weeds, and the billets and other buildings have been converted to Elderly Apartments(go figure) The old medical building still has the Med symbol on the wall of it. I went to look at the IFC and I talked to the maintenance guy of the business there, and he said the govt. came a couple years ago to make sure the place was safe from radiation. He said that almost all the original signs are in the buildings, also. (I saw one that was a radiation warning.....made me nervous) But they said I can come back any time I want and take pictures and they will try to get me underground. more to follow on the ifc. the launch site is great also. Everything is about 50-75% in-tact. All the buildings are still standing. I saw what looked like a power room/building that still had the key-pad entry system on the door...but all the doors are open to the buildings...I'm in the process of trying to track down the owner to get permission to walk around and take pics.
[{Murdock, S}GPS=43-09-45, 78-49-30]
[{Roberts-Abel, C} ... is just off of Old Shawnee Road, south of Saunders Settlement Road. I could see the site from Rt.31(Saunders Settlement).]

L - Staley Rd & West River Parkway ((I) Eco Island Ecology Reserve)
*NOTE: Former dusl NF-74/75, redesignated to NF-41 following conversion to Hercules
[{Murdock, S}GPS=43-00-32 079-00-56, TerraServer]

L - Palisades Parkway & NY 303 ((I)USAR Center; 812th Military Police Co.
[(Brown, R) (July 2005) The launch site location was in the Northeast quadrant of the Palisades Parkway and Route 303 intersection, NOT the Southeast quadrant. A better Terraserver URL is: http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2944&Y=22717&W=2 Coordinates for the Entrance on Rt 303 are: N41° 02.338' W73° 56.749' ]
[(Murdock, S) GPS 41-02-16, 73-56-29 ]
[{Mandeville, P}Launch area is intact except the missle pits have been cemented over and is used for the reserve centers motor pool. all other site buildings are intact.]
[{Page, T} TerraServer

L - Hart Island ((O) private owner)
[{Page, T} TerraServer

L - (private owner)
[{Morgan, M} NY-20L - 40-53-55/073-28-08 ]
[{Page, T} TerraServer The topo map shows one long L-shaped building at this location.

L - W of Brookville Rd, N of NY 106 ((P)Nassau Board of Cooperative Education; Brookville Nature Park and Outdoor Education Center
[{Morgan, M} NY-23L - 40-48-42/073-32-55 The launcher for this former Ajax site is immediately west of Brookville Road north of NY106 between Jericho and Oyster Bay. The area if full of expensive houses; looking to the left in and around the "Long Island Lifestyle" I noticed one paved road that went back a ways, drove up it and yes: everyone went to GQ when the patrol car rolled up ("I'm from the government and I'm here to help").
23L operated Ajax from 1955 through 1963 under C/66th (/55-9/58), C/1/55th (9/58-6/60) and NYaRNG B/1/245th . The site had three magazines for a total of 12 launchers.
What's remaining are the launch pads, with elevator doors concreted over, and the assembly building; the berms have been leveled. The owner is the Nassau Board of Cooperative Education, which uses the site as the Brookville Nature Park and Outdoor Education Center. I ended up giving the center director a quick course on Nike and promised to send some more information later. The site may be surrounded by houses but it definitely feels like it's out in the woods. (24 Feb 92) ]
[{Page, T} TerraServer

L - Zahn Airport; Farmingdale Rd/NY 109 (Zahn Airport)
[{Azzollini, M} Entrance off Albany Ave (west side) just south of New Highway, North Amityville. Remains are same as described by Mandeville, P. ***Note that the town is North Amityville, --not Amityville. Zahn's Airport was demolished about 15 years ago and was made into an industrial complex and NEVER had anything to do with the Nike site, --but it was close to it (across the street from the launch area about 300 yds away to the east). Terraserver ]
[{Mandeville, P}The missle pits are cemented over and used as a motor pool. all other buildings are intact as well as the double fence and original lights.]
[{Morgan, M} 40-42-30/073-24-20 ]

L - between Wading River Manor Rd & NY 46, N of NY 25A ((P) Rocky Point USAR Center
[{Mandeville, P} launch area is intact,was able to go into the pits,ie missle magazines. good condition.]
[(Murdock, S) GPS 40-56-26, 72-52-20, TerraServer, Topozone ,

[(Murdock, S) Housing, 40-56-51, 72-52-12 TerraServer ]
[{Morgan, M} it was a "2 1/2" magazine site with 10 launchers like S-43 out in Seatle. The launch site is now the Rocky Point USARCEN, complete with big modern bulding and plans to tear down the assembly building. The launchers are now used for motor pool parking. I was able to get a quick description of the site from one of the Army Reserve technicians, took a couple of photos and proceeded down the road. units The road up the hill has several units of Army housing lining it, which was a unique touch; most of the Nike bases I've visited have their housing elsehwere. The housing is now used by Brookhaven as a shelter for the homeless; the development is named the "Harry Chapin Inn." Harry Chapin was a big champion of the homeless in his native NYC well before it became fashionable; it's hard to believe it's been ten years since his fatal car crash on the Long Island Expressway. What was wried was just before I drove in the radio station I was listening to played "Cat's In the Cradle." There's your signpost up ahead... (24 Feb 92). ]

[{Azzollini, M} LAUNCH AREA: (located on the north side of Lido Blvd, between Prescott St. and Bay Lane, Lido Beach, NY.) Remains: a mostly intact site. The dual bank of missile silos and launch doors still remain, but the doors have been secured( when last checked about a year ago). Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc, still remain in various amounts. This site is also being used (again, I assume owned) by the school district. The remaining structures (refurbished) now comprise what's referred to as the "Nike School". TerraServer, ]

L - Rockaway Point Road (National Park Service; Gateway National Recreation Area)
[{Azzollini, M} located in the south/central portion of the park. It is accessed from the "truck maintenance area" only. (2000) I believe the Nike Hercules is no longer on display. I could not find it yesterday and the parks people did not know of any at the site. Terraserver ]
[{Bender, D} There is a display of a Nike Hercules with out booster.]
[{Mandeville, P} Launch area is partial, some buildings in use,actual missile pit area is cemented over except one pit which is still open if you want to go down a rusted ladder. National park service gave us the brief tour.]

L - 557 New Hempstead Rd ((P) East Ramapo School District; school bus maintenance
[{Morgan, M} 41:08:57/074:02:26 ]
[{Page, T} TerraServer

If you follow this link and view the map MapOnWeb - (requires JAVA to be enabled). , Rustan is just to the southeast of the lake connected with the blue line to the number 285 (on the left). The red line to the south is the highway E18.

To get there, drive to Sandvika, take off to Tanum, follow Vestmarkveien (a road) and park at the gate before Vestmarksetra. From there it is a 5km walk on paved road. It is a publicly accessible area used by many hikers, hunters and the like, but the premises of the old site is fenced in. Signs on the fence explicitly forbids taking photographs.

... site is still largely intact with barracks, hangars/magazines, roads, launcher pads and some more things I have no clue what is. Although all exterior equipment have been removed, the concrete pads are still there.

There is a Nike Ajax (with booster) on display between the administrative buildings at Rustan, located about 1km from the launch pads and the magazines. See http://break-left.org/nike/.

It was operative until 1991 (not sure about this, but RNoAF closed down two NIKE-sites in 1991). The site is currently operated by a local defense unit (remotely similar to the US National Guard) as a training complex. Thus, the premises are still military and closed off to the public - it's completely fenced in.
{Søbakk, O.} (May 2003) -Asker battery, located in Asker, is the only which is still in military use by the local defence, called Heimevernet (Home Guard) ]