L -
[{Larsen, D} July 2022, Site has been sold to a new private owner. Signs posted. Buildings remain intact. Some brush clearing and mowing is evident. ]
[(Murdock, S) GPS 47-01-43, 67-48-36, - May 2004 - looked like it was occupied and maintained. We had a look at two buildings by the road, and glanced at the launcher area beyond a locked gate. ]
[{Larsen, D} located on west side of Route 1A, private owner (buildings intact, unfriendly dogs on premises, 10/97)]

Housing -
[(Murdock, S) May 2004, GPS 47-01-25, 67-48-24. We found the units unoccupied and boarded-up. Acquisition began in 1955, and in 1966 the Army transferred the 16 units to the Air Force. They soldiered on as Loring Family Housing Annex No. 4, NRCY, until 1994, when they were declared excess, then disposed of in 1999. ]

L -
[{Larsen, D} July 2022, Site has been sold to a new private owner. Buildings remain intact. ]
[{Larsen, D} located on south side of Route 229, private owner (buildings intact, site used as auto body shop, 10/97)] [{Larsen, D} private owner (buildings intact, site used as residence and auto body shop, property for sale through realtor, 9/99)]
[(Murdock, S) May 2004 - GPS 46-55-04, 67-47-32.,

Housing -
[(Murdock, S) May 2004 - GPS 46-54-31, 67-49-49. Housing at the other three Loring Nike sites was laid out in a neat line of 16 houses, very easy to identify in an aerial photo. For some reason, L-31 was different. The 16 houses are in the town of Limestone, grouped around the T-intersection of Trafton and Lane, at 46-54-31, 67-49-49. Acquired in 1956, this housing area was transferred from the Army to the Air Force in 1966. It became Loring Family Housing Annex No. 5, NRCZ. SAC declared this annex excess in 1980, but changed it back to active status the following year. It was again declared excess in 1994, and disposed of in 1999. The homes were occupied and in a good state of repair. ]

L -[(Murdock, S) GPS 46-53-02, 68-00-33 ]
[{Foster, M} US Route 1, disposition unknown]
[{Larsen, D} located on east side of Route 1, VFW post (buildings intact, pits sealed, 10/97)]

Housing -
[(Murdock, S) May 2004 - GPS 46-52-21, 67-59-40 1966, the 16-unit housing area was transferred from the Army to the Air Force, and assigned to Loring AFB as Loring Family Housing Annex No. 2, NRCW. It was inactivated in Jan 1980, excessed in Feb 1980, and then changed back to active status in May 1981. It was again declared excess in 1994, and disposed of in 1997. I noted the units were occupied and in nice condition.]

L - [{Larsen, D} located on east side of Route 1, private owner (E.M. Barracks operated as store 8/92, store closed, pits sealed, other buildings intact, 10/97)]
[(Murdock, S) GPS 47-00-30, 68-01-07 - May 2004 - this property was excessed to the General Services Administration (GSA) in 1961. GSA conveyed it to a private owner, Blotner Trailer Sales, in 1962 (Hmm... there's that name again). Recognizing the gate and a building from the highway, we found open access to the launcher site, and noted that the missile magazines were capped with concrete. ]

H - [{Larsen, D} located on west side of Route 1 across from launch area, buildings intact and boarded up, 10/97)]
[(Murdock, S) GPS 47-00-41, 68-01-11 ] - May 2004 - the 16-unit housing area at was transferred to the Air Force and became Loring Family Housing Annex No. 3, NRCX. It was inactivated and declared excess in 1980; but SAC returned it to active status in 1981. It was again declared excess in 1994, and then disposed of in 1997. We found the units to be unoccupied and boarded-up, or pickled. ]

L - 3101 Paper Mill Rd ((I)Paper Mill Recreation Center; Jacksonville Senior Center; Baltimore County Fire Department training site)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) The launch area is intact with the magazine padlocked and secure. The building that served as the senior center has recently been razed. It is now a gravel and dirt parking lot. The launch area itself serves several purposes from county maintenance and training to use as a FEMA training center. The people that work here are friendly, interested and hospitable. I was allowed to walk around and take pictures and spent close to an hour visiting with them discussing the history of the site. The had an aerial photograph of the site c. 1960 and wanted to know if there were more pictures of the base in action anywhere. They do not have keys to the padlocked magazines. FEMA uses one of them for close quarters training. They have built maze like structures inside one and occasionally fill it with smoke for training purposes. One of the guys noted the colors of the hatches and doors were not correct and said we'll have to get that right next time we paint them. Cool! ]
[{Thompson, T} The Phoenix site has a Barracks north of the launch area, it is presently the Jacksonville Senior Center. The Launch area itself is still fenced in, some standing buildings, some newer trailer offices, it is used for/by the Baltimore County Fire Department Rescue Academy. The IFC which was on Sunnybrook road is now an over grown junglelike fenced in area, no sign that there were ever any buildings on it, or roadways. There is no indication of ownership.]

L - (MDArNG)
[{Gajewski, J} (3/12) The launch area is pretty much a hazmat area. Talked to a guy working there and told me after they pumped out about 2 1/2 feet of water from each pit found a flume running underground of all our discarded waste (oil, grease, fluids, etc.) Pumping all that out now. After they got the water out they dropped the doors in and poured concrete in to seal the pits permanantly. Found the concrete slab for the kennel where I kept my dog. Half of the berm area is eroded. Nothing much more to see but it was still worth the drive seeing the site after 45 years. }
[{Deutsch, E} I have been looking for lat and long but am unable to discover at this time. I do have the road names and directions. Edgewood had/has two entrances each at the end of a road that crosses US 40 that runs approximately parallel to I 95. The west, secondary gate [may not be open now] is at the south end of MD 155 Magnolia RD [south of US 40, Mountain Rd north of US 40]. The old main gate was at the south end of MD 24 ** [Edgewood Rd, now called MD 755 south of US 40] It passed under a RR bridge [was Pennsylvania RR, now Amtrack] on the way to the main gate. MD 24 was relocated and now enters the post West of the old gate. Immediately south of the RR bridge and before the gate is Fairview Point RD. that almost parallels the RR track going east. A mile or so from 755 it crosses Belardi Rd [named for Bn Co of the 54th Msl BN who was killed in an auto accident about 1956. At the SW intersection of the roads is the Battery buildings of C/54 which became C/4/1. Right on Belardi leads to and ends at the gate of the IFC area. Left on Belardi leads to ends in the launcher area.]

C - E of Tolchester Beach, MD 21 ((P) Kent County Agricultural Center)
[{Tannucilli, T} (July 2007) ... was fortunate enough that the old IFC area was open and was able to get inside. The area is now the property of the Kent County 4-H Club and they were having their annual fair.
[{Murdock, S} 39-12-49 76-13-54

L - SE of Tolchester Beach, MD 445 ((P) Kent County)
[{Tannucilli, T} (Jan 08) - "Baltimore District dismantles Cold War missile site" - (July 2007) I had to go down to the launcher area, where I spent all of my time as an MP, but it was locked. It belongs to the local road maintenance authority. I could see that the barracks buildings were still standing as where two of the guard shacks.
[{Murdock, S} 39-12-14 76-14-13

L - Old Nike Site Rd, S of Fort Smallwood Rd ((unk) presumably aboandoned; road blocked)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) ... is located at the end of Old Nike Site Rd. where the entrance is gated but not always so secure. Easy to walk through the loosely chained gate. It is also a county maintenance facility and the launch area is covered with a variety of construction materials, assorted junk and old county vehicles. I was unable to get close enough to determine the status of the magazine doors and hatches but did note they are all still there and accessible. I'll wait to get permission before coming on board here too.

Excellent newspaper article about starting restoration of the Launcher area.

L - Hernwood Rd, 1.2 N of Woodstock Rd ((P)Maryland Police & Correctional Training Commissions
[{Freman, Paul} (rec. Nov 2019) The MD Civil Air Patrol invited me to visit the Granite MD Nike Launch Site, which they now occupy. They?ve pumped out 3 of the underground Nike magazines - Pics on my BA-79 web site
[{Henderson, John} (rec. Jan 2019) In 2015, the MD Civil Air Patrol was granted use of BA-79 to use as their Headquarters. The site is in really good shape considering its been closed for many years. We have recently started to clear out the brush around the magazines and have also pumped water out of 2 of them (6 total) to start working towards a restoration. We have been working to paint structures and repair buildings on the site again to work to preserve the history.
     ... We are looking for any resources possible to assist us in getting our site restored. ... One of the major missions of the Civil Air Patrol is Aerospace Education so what better way than to have true history at your fingertips than to have our members work to restore our site.
    We have a facebook page "https://www.facebook.com/groups/219699235388622/" ...BA-79 Nike Missile Base Research and Preservation - MD Wing CAP... ]
[{Hankel, C}(rec. April 2005) 39? 21" 273' x 76? 51" 27' for the main gate. Condition: apparently excellent! still being used by the Maryland Police & Correctional Training Commission. Thoroughly fenced in a way that would have made the battery crew proud and clearly marked with a new roadside sign. From what could be seen from the road, the original building shapes are thoroughly intact, with cinder block walls, a new coat of paint, and new-looking roof shingles. Since the gate is on the crest of a hill you can?t see the double-site launch pads from the road. Someone in an unmarked police sedan was guarding the gate, which was open on one side. The site was crawling with State Troopers in marked and unmarked cars and given the current security climate I doubt that they would have liked someone to roll onto their property and make an unannounced visit. However, if someone were to call and make an appointment perhaps they?d be willing to let an amateur historian take a tour. Given the narrow, hilly, tree-lined 2 lane roads leading to -79C and -79L, hauling large loads of 1950's radar equipment and Nike missiles would seem to have required a steady hand. ]
[{Vaughn, T}(rec. Aug 99) I pulled into the parking lot and asked a guy ... He opened the gate for us and left. Since this was a double site there are six magazines. I found one magazine in each battery had an escape hatch and entrance doors that could be opened. I went down the first stairway and found that about 6 inches of water covered the floor. I could see very little as not much light was coming in from the elevator doors. Oh what I would of gave for a flash light! I was afraid to ask for one as that may of been pushing my luck as the place was filled with cops. The other magazine had about 8 inches of water.

L-2515 Baublitz Rd ((P) Worthington Valley Swim Club)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) ... was located at the end of Rolling Acres Way off Ridge Rd. in Reisterstown, MD. Today the launch area is under the front yards of 3 homes at the end of the road. A planter in the shape of the elevator covers one of the old elevators as grass doesn't grow there very well. Not much to see here either.

The launch site is not located at the Worthington Valley Swim Club on Baublitz Rd. as indicated in "Rings of Steel". I walked around the abandoned swim club and was also convinced it was an abandoned/obliterated NIke site (the shape of the property, pool and 1950-60's era construction are convincing), but a review of aerial photography from the 1960's showed it was a swim club back then too. ]
[{Binder, M}(rec. Nov 2010) Doyle wins the Eagle Eye prize.

The owner of the house with the prominent "elevator" feature told me that the developer of the area did a less-than-adequate job filling and grading the area over the old magazines. The results included subsidence over the elevators and poor grass growth over previous asphalt paving. This homeowner had an extensive planter put in to mask his problem. While it was being put in, he could actually walk a little below grade into areas of the old magazine.

The locations of the other two elevators, in the front yards of houses to the east, also show up on overhead photos and are visible on site, but those houses were built on slightly higher elevations and the subsidence is not as great a problem. Poor grass growth in selected formerly paved areas of the exclusion zone are also visible in photos and on site.

Nice going, Doyle. And, Tom, BA 92 was Ajax only, so, no nuclear-tipped missiles for these front yards. ]
[{Thompson, T}(rec. Aug 99) ... no Nike buildings standing there.]

"First operational Ajax was W-13T on the west side of Fort Meade, May 54;
- first operational PERMANENT site, well now, that I haven't found an answer for. MK" from Mark Morgan November 2002, co-author "Rings of Supersonic Steel"
(further info from Mark Morgan (November 28, 2002))
Gentlemen: I went out to the location of the Fort Meade tactical site this morning, fortunately the weather cooperated and I was able to get several digital and slide shots; will forward the digitals when I get back to WA on Sunday.

C - Anne Bridge Rd ((I) recreational area)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) used by Ann Arundel Co and a park and recreation area. Several of the buildings are occupied by various clubs and organizations of public interest. The area is gated and is irregularly locked or open depending on what's going on that day. Seems like mostly a weekend and evening type of place. When the gates open you are able to walk around without specific permission but you want to be sure not to get locked in by accident. The nearby housing area has be demolished and only the gated and overgrown road and some foundations remain. ]
[{Murdock, S}GPS=38-54-13, 76-39-08 ] community use area, 1997]

L - Elmer F Hager Ln and Anne Bridge Rd ((I) Anne Arundel County Police Training Academy)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) now the Ann Arundel Co Police Training Academy. Most of the buildings are intact and in use and the area is gated and locked when not occupied. I've stopped in on several occasions to ask permission but no one I talked to considered themselves authorized to allow it. Calls to the number I've been given by the interested, friendly and polite officers I've spoken with go unanswered. I understand one magazine is a gym and the other is a small arms range and the upper area is used for firearms and vehicle training. ]
- Launcher Area -
[{Murdock, S}GPS=38-54-10, 76-38-28 ] Anne Arundel Co Police Academy, 1997]

H -
- Administration Area -
[{Murdock, S}GPS=38-54-23, 76-39-05 ] (this later became the US Air Force's Davidsonville Family Housing Annex) AF housing, inactive, 1997]
[{Conklin, M}... our academy is site W-25 (L). Both of the magazines are being used for training; one as a gym and the other as a firearms training area. Almost all of the buildings and fences are still intact and are used for training and admin areas.]

L - N of US 50, between Bay Head Rd & Yorktown Rd ((P) US Government)
[{Seigfried, W} (Aug 2012) is now and an Ann Arundel County park. Bay Head Park has many sports fields and many of the original military buildings have been recently restored and are in use. Only one magazine is visible and is surrounded by a fence which is gated and locked. The hatches are chained and locked and some kind of cover is placed over the elevator doors. It appears to be used for storage or some other maintenance type purpose. No other magazines are visible and the rest of the area is covered with an asphalt parking lot. ]

C - Mt. Calvert Rd, 0.9 E of MD 382 ((P) Croom Vocational High School)
[{Torrance, H} (Apr 2017) Croom Vocational School is long closed, but the county school board still owns and maintains the properties.
     The IFC would be easily accessible due to the condition of the gate, but there is only about a vehicle length of driveway before the gate, and with it being directly on Mt. Calvert Road, a vehicle parked there would be a ready indicator that someone was trespassing on the site (yes it's posted). Likewise there is no shoulder on the road to park away and walk back and gain entry. Looking in the gate, however, I would say that the condition is pretty much unchanged from other reports.
[{Seigfried, W} (Aug 2012) probably one of the most intact sites in the DC area. The IFC area is the site of the recently abandoned Croom Vocational School. It is gated and locked. Many of the buildings remain and are starting to show signs of dilapidation. ]

L - end of Mt. Calvert Rd ((I) Croom Vocational High School)
[{Torrance, H} (Apr 2017) The Launch site is located at the end of Duvall Road off Mt. Calvert Road. It too is gated and quite securely. The old military sinage is still in place on the gate and if you look closely you can read the words contact security before entry to this site, my guess is that this dates to after the site was closed but before it was turned over to the school board. I was able to gain entry to Launch by going down what appears to be an old perimeter road, and finding a tree fall that had taken down the fence. Of course you could climb the fence right next to the gate and there are indications that has been done many times before, however, again there are residences near by, and from my experience as a youth in this area, the local residents are not afraid to call the police if they see people where they don't belong. It was easier to appear to be a nature lover going for a walk (Patuxent River Park is nearby) As others have noted this is a remote location so be careful if you go on site, and take a cell phone. The school board is using the grounds of Launch to store old temporary classroom buildings so much of the launch pad area is covered with these, and so too the parking for the control area, but the buildings are all intact and from the hum I could hear, I presume have power. ]
[{Seigfried, W} (Aug 2012) was also part of the Croom Vocational School and is gated and locked. Several original buildings still exist and there are several temporary buildings on the launch site itself. A trail to the right, as you face the main entrance gate, follows the perimeter fenceline. About a 1/4 mile down a convenient hole in the fence provides access to the refueling area and the nearby launch area. Both magazines are dry and the elevators are in the up position. One magazine has some original artwork of an Ajax missile in the panel room and safey instruction handwritten in magic marker on the wall. Even after 50 years the names of several crewmembers are still taped on the wall where they stored their personal equipment. I've noticed on two separate visits that some soil sampling and environmental testing is taking place. The area is being maintained to a level that keeps it from becoming overgrown but not up to the standard of a regularly used facility. If someone is around working ask them for permission to enter or come back at a different time when no one is around. Use discretion. This is a remote site and it could be days or weeks before someone would show up to rescue an injured solo urban explorer. Take proper precautions and be safe. ]
[{Seigfried, W} (July 2012) flashlight tour on YouTube ]
[{Murdock, S}GPS=38-46-27 076-44-38 Croom Vocational High School, 1997]

H -
[{Murdock, S}GPS=38-46-30 076-44-15 U.S. Govt hsg, partial use, 1997]

L - North Keys Rd, 1 W of MD 382 ((P) private owner; abandoned)
[{Torrance, H} (Apr 2017) The Launch area remains in tact and as described by the previous visitors, there is no fence on the left side adjacent to a driveway, however the property is HEAVILY posted both NO PARKING AND NO TRESPASSING, in addition there is a sign noting that both STATE and FEDERAL law prohibit removing artifacts from this area. So I would presume that the owner has had major issues with trespassers! I will attempt to contact the owner and see if they are still willing to let people on the grounds. ]
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) ... located on Candy Hill Rd. off Molly Berry Rd. and is surrounded by many high end homes. It is also very much intact and is privately owned by Brinkley's machine shop. One of the buildings seems to be used as a guest house and the other buildings and actual launch area used as a storage area. The owner is willing to give tours of the property so be sure to respect his property rights and arrange a visit rather than sneaking in. ]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=38-42-26, 76-45-39 ]

L - 6 N Waldorf, Country Ln ((P) American Indian Cultural Center /Maryland Indian Heritage Society of Waldorf)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) A little further down Country Ln., the Launch area is now leased to the Maryland Indian Heritage Society and is very much intact. The entrance is gated but often open if someone is working there. The open areas are used for Pow-wows and other recreational activities. I stopped in and asked permission to visit the exclusion area but was told to come back later each time as they felt it was not currently presentable. It is gated but not securely locked. Finally I showed up for a pow -wow and walked around in the early morning before anyone official arrived. Just another pow-wow participant going for a morning walk. The kennels are intact and used for storage. The hatches to the magazines are padlocked and the area is used for storing a variety of junk waiting to be hauled off. I understand the magazines are often flooded but they do make an effort to pump them out from time to time. The refueling area is also intact. The building is used for storage of maintenance equipment and several vehicles and trailers in various states of disrepair are stored here. I suspect it's the junky nature that makes the people that work there not want to have guests back there. To be fair, every time I've shown up a particular individual in a gray F250 has been working hard, cutting grass and doing general maintenance on the facility. It's a pretty massive job but the areas they keep up seem safe and presentable. ]

L - 4 W Waldorf, N side MD 228 ((I) Naval Research Lab Waldorf Annex)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) gated and secured. I called the real estate agent on the signs to ask permission to walk around and he was kind enough to meet me there as he was interested in learning something about the site too. I was able to give him a pretty good tour. The elevators and hatches are all concreted over and the buildings are in a state of disrepair. Roofs falling in and doors and windows broken. The area has been sold to two separate owners. The front building is slated to become a high end pet spa and the rear area is slated to become an animal hospital. Still no new constructions as of a few months ago when I was last there. ]

L - Gwynn Rd ((P) Naval Research Lab - Pamonkey Facility; Naval Center for Space Technology)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) I was unable to go on board the launch facility and no one was around to talk with when I stopped by. Nothing to add to the previous report about the launch facility except that it remains gated and secured with an electronic keypad. The grounds look well maintained and in use. Since this is an active government facility it's not somewhere to sneak into. ]
[{Schmidt, M}The site is now known as the Pomonkey Naval Research Laboratory. It is fenced in, and entrance to the site requires prior announcement (through the Navy). As you climb a slight hill, you immediately notice a extremely large (approximately 100 ft. in diameter) radar dish housed upon a two story building. You can actually see the upper portion of this radar dish from the road that passes by the site. On a number of occasions, I was able to see this radar dish suddenly rotate to a different position.

Driving a bit further leads you to the former launch pad area. This facility appears to be almost entirely intact. A small, sphere-like radar dome is located here, as well as two apparent silos and surface buildings. Limited information received from onsite personnel and some historic data from the site indicates that very little has been done at this facility since its decommissioning. ]

[{Evans, B}The 'radar tower' that still stands was for the LOPAR. The MTR, TTR, TRR towers are gone. The concrete footings for the HIPAR antenna/radome are there, but nothing else of that structure. The HIPAR building is there (but modified by CPSC), as are the generator building, the IFC control-van-corridor building, and even the chapel. And the guard shack, although CPSC told me they had had that rebuilt. And the 'tennis court', about which I added an entry in the SF88 guestbook this morning. In other words the entire IFC, hill and all, looks very much as it did in 1967, with a few CPSC changes, and of course minus all but one of the towers.]

L - 770 Muddy Branch Rd ((unk) US Government)
[{Binder, Michael} ( Mar 2023 ) That site is owned by NIST -- National Institute for Standards and Technology. They used it for various research purposes -- solar cells (they raised panels up from a magazine on a working elevator), fire research, autonomous robot development (a simulated destroyed building was set up in one of the magazines).
It would have been a good one for preservation. ]
[{Page, Thomas} ( Mar 2023 ) "Looks like it's to be sold". Thomas sent two screen shots, including an overhead view of the launcher area. ]
[{Wong, Richard} ( Feb 2020 ) Thought you?d find amusing a former NIKE site being categorized as a ?high value asset!? - see starting page A-57 ]
[{Garver, J} December 2010 - From what I've been told the elevators are still in place. The site is littered with solar research buildings and excess equipment. http://www.wisdomwingsandwar.com/war_related/coldwar/W-92-12-21-2010/Nike_W-92.html. I'm going to check with our museum and see if I can get some pics from when it was operational. ]
[{Kramp, K} September 2005 - I worked for NIST for several years in the mid 90's and got to visit the site on several occasions including going down into one of the magazines. We were no longer actively using the site, but at one point they were doing solar research and had erected several solar "houses" for testing. At the time I was there we were using the magazine for storage of some data collection equipment. Very cool experience to actually be able to go down into one of these sites. The elevator actually still worked and was used at times to move the larger equipment. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see it work. Still it was great to see a part of Cold War history up close. Not many people get to.
[{Lisa, M}This site is next door to a super market, very near the grounds of NIST (Nat'l Institute for Standards and Technology). The grounds appear to be in good shape. There is a large GI fence around the site, makes me wonder if NIST holds the keys. The buildings are intact, some broken windows etc. ]

[{Herbert, E} NIST does hold the keys to W92. They actually do fire research on the site. A least one silo is in pretty good shape and is used as a maintenance shop. It is actually owned by the Army Corps of Engineers who has responsibility and liability for the site. There is a fair amount of soil and groundwater contamination on the site that has to be rectified before the property can be sold. An attempt to give the property to the State of Maryland did not transpire because of the environmental problems.]

L - 5321 Riggs Rd ((P) MDArNG; unit unknown
[{Seigfried, W} (August 2012) ... is still in a highly secure FEMA facility. The guard was very friendly and asked me to wait while called someone about my request to visit the facility. Someone, also very friendly, came out and asked for my phone number so he could pass it on to the proper person. I got the polite, unspoken message of "don't call us, we'll call you". ]
[{Tyler, T} (July 2012) I did visit and tour the former Launch Battery site in about 1986, when it was a FEMA Federal Regional Center, and most recently drove by it in 1999, when the sign at the gate indicated it was the (FEMA) Federal Support Center.
- In regards to Mr. Koch's comments from 2002:
1. He claims the Army moved out in 1968 and the site was converted into the bunker shortly afterward. My information is that W-93 was a Nike-Ajax site only, never converted to Hercules, and thus deactivated by the Army in 1960. I know that by the mid-1960s, not 1968 at Koch suggests, the federal Office of Emergency Planning (OEP, a precursor to FEMA) had already constructed their Region 2 facility there in Olney.
2. Koch writes "The [Nike] Generator Building is still in use."
I do not know if it is still in use to house generators, but as of my 1986 tour of the facility they had their emergency power generator plant inside the underground bunker. Doesn't make much sense to have a hardened, underground bunker with an above-ground, non-hardened emergency power supply... ]
[{Koch, M} Dec. 2002 - First of all, Laytonsville and Derwood aren't anywhere near each other. Although they're not in different parts of the state they're not close enough to possibly have anything to do with each other. The site is located in Olney. I know it's sometimes common to use the largest nearby town as an actual location instead of the nearest town but Olney is not only closer it's also larger. (two miles away, not ten or fifteen)

L - 8791 Snouffer School Rd ((P) MGEN Benjamin L Humton Memorial USAR Center; Launchers abandoned)
[{Binder, Michael} (May 2023) The former launch site owned by NIST is going to be developed: Recommendation For 380 Multifamily Residential Units at Former Nike Missile Site in Gaithersburg To Be Made on May 3 - The MoCo Show ]
[{Binder, Michael} (March 2020) Recent aerial photos indicate that W 94L has been completely eradicated, replaced with new development. I will try to confirm the identities of the new occupants of the site. ]
[{Seigfried, W} (January 2015) Mary Shewan sent pictures of the launcher area being demolished.
[{Seigfried, W} (August 2012) subject of numerous articles over the past few years that deal with the site's future development and it's recent history as a teenage hangout. web page. The hatches and stairway doors have all been welded shut but there is evidence of recent tampering to open them up again. The best place to park is off Ivyberry Ln. and take the public walking trail left or counter clockwise around the perimeter fence. Stay with the perimeter fence and you'll find many openings which lead to the nearby launch area. Typical graffiti and trash are found in the magazines. How did I know that? : ) Due to the recent press it's particularly important to be sensitive to the neighbors whose homes back up the to the walking trail and perimeter fence. This is a fairly popular walking trail so anyone who seems to be just out for a quiet walk will not get any special notice and will not be a nuisance to them. ]
[{Stoner, J} (Nov 2010) Two of the magazines are open. It?s in sad shape, but it is still very interesting. ]
- Sarvesh Ramprakash, pleading the 5th, sent this flickr link Aug 2010
[{R, Marc}August 2005 In the late 80s I had been assigned to a Army Reserve unit that used the Control site for meetings (it has since been torn down and developed) and then a new center that was next to the launch site. I was fortunate in that one of the unit members had been assigned to the site when it was active. He took us on a tour and we went into the pits....pretty trashed. Anyhow, Mongomery County Maryland has a great GIS web site that has high resolution color imagery (Aerial photos) of the launch site that are pretty good. The web site is http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/gis/ImageViewer/grid5.asp?aYear=2002 Click on grid 5 (Laytonsville), then click on grid 227NW08. The site is in the upper left corner of the photo. Drill down and you get a pretty good color overhead of the 3 pits, the elevator doors and asphalt & cement driveways and roads. There are photos that go back to 1951. The earliest photos with the launch site is 1970. ]

A -

L - 1.3 NE, Haverhill St. ((O)skating rink)[{Foster, M} was PD firing range]
[{Foster, M}H On Bear Hill]

C - vicinity Beverly (abandoned)
[{Foster, M}Brimbal Hill drive, obliterated]
[{Murdock, S} I verified this one, B-15C, from a site layout plan. The radars were in the cleared area just SE of what looks like a newer water tower. GPS=42-34-43, 70-52-35., ]

L - vicinity Beverly (Salem and Beverly Water Districts
[{Murdock, S}GPS=42-35-21 070-54-42, ]
[{Foster, M}Beverly Airport, launchers intact, bouldings slated for demolition, 1960 Photos]
[{Foster, M}H - housing for the homeless, Laurel St, Housing for US Coast Guard personnel]

L - 1 SE, Nahant Rd at East Point adjacent to Battery Murphy ((P) Northeastern University - Edwards Marine Science Center)
[{Foster, M}now a park]
[{Larsen, D} located at East Point, formerly East Point Military Reservation, now Northeastern University Edwards Marine Science Center/town park (modified EM Barracks and Missile Test & Assembly Building remain)]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=42-25-09 70-54-14 ]

H - [{Foster, M}Castle Road, private homes]
[{Larsen, D} believed to be owned by U.S. Coast Guard (homes remain occupied)]
[{Murdock, S} GPS=42-25-16 70-55-53 ]

[{Larsen, D} located on Hog Island, formerly Ft. Duvall, now Spinnaker Island condominiums, connected to the mainland by a bridge (no Nike buildings remain).]
[{McGrath, J}The IFC area was on Little Hog Island off Hull which is connected by causeway to the mainland. Fort Duvall was an old coast artillery post on Little Hog Island. Today the site is an upscale condo complex. The Launcher area was in North Weymouth across Hingham Bay from Hull and is today Webb State Park and the Weymouthport condo complex. Housing was not at Squantum NAS but at a local housing area that was only closed in the early 90s. Squantum is too long a drive from Duvall (unless you have a boat).]

L - 1 E Hull; Hog Island ((O)) [{Foster, M}condominiums]
[{Foster, M}Housing was at Squantum NAS]
[{Larsen, D} located on Upper Neck, now Webb State Park/South Shore Association for Retarded Citizens (Mess Hall, EM Barracks and Missile Test & Assembly Building remain, pits buried but vents & ducts are visible).]

L - [{Foster, M}Long Island, City of Boston former Library Storage]
[{Foster, M}Housing was a Squantom NAS]
[{Larsen, D} located on Long Island, owned by city of Boston (EM Barracks remains, pits are sealed).]

L - W Cohasset, Cushing HWY (highway maintenance facility) [{Foster, M}Crocker Lane]
[{McGrath, J} The Launcher/Admin Area is intact off Crocker Lane on Scituate Hill in Cohasset and is used by a highway maintenance department.

L - N Randolph, Billings St (Metropolitan District Commission; dump)
[{Larsen, D} April 2020, What to do when the traditional family Easter dinner becomes a COVID-19 casualty? Visit a Nike site. In this case it was a short hike with son and dog to B-55L, an Ajax-only battery in Randolph, Massachusetts which is south of Boston.
     The state owns the property and there's not too much left to see there. It serves as a dumping site for whatever they decide they have no place else for. Right now, for instance, there's a couple of concrete block walled areas set up for contractors to dump sludge they are cleaning out of catch basins.
     Bulkheads and hatches at the three pits are covered with rocks and debris. Occasionally kids dig into one but all of the pits typically have water about a third of the way up the stairs anyway.
     All buildings survived for a time in advanced states of disrepair until the state hired a contractor to remove them and break up the foundations. It seems very strange to me that the cracked pieces of the slabs were left in place rather than buried or hauled away.
     The davit at the fueling area still stands and the transformer platform, sans transformers, is still in place between two utility poles. ... ]
[{Larsen, D} Jan 2016, Still under control of Mass DCR, the site is used as a dumping area and not much else.
     Three pits for Ajax with elevators in raised position and mounds of earth and rubble place on or around them. Still, Val discovered one stairwell had been dug out enough for folks not too portly to squeeze through. Too bad we did not have a suitable light with us.
     Today's discovery was the demolition of the Missile Assembly and Generator Buildings. Oddly, the concrete rubble was left and spread over the buildings' footprints. Everything else there was removed but the kitchen sink.
     You can see both structures had deteriorated by viewing this link: http://binged.it/1mtEaVz
     The davit at the Acid Fueling Area still stands. The foundation of the acid storage shed can also be seen as well as twin utility poles with an empty transformer platform between them.
[{Foster, M}High Street, MDC, demolished]
[{Larsen, D} located in Randolph, owned by MDC (all buildings removed except for generator building).]
[{Murdock, S}GPS= 42-12-01 71-04-21 ]
[{Kodis, P} (July 2001( Under B-55 In Randolph MA it says Demolished! This is quite different from my visit there last week...Though used by the MDC as a dump theres more to this launcher location the Generator building is used a a garage for the MDC and has a anchor fence around it with electricity supplied..

L - 2.2 WSW, Pine st (Town of Needham)
[{Plante, Ron} Feb 2020 - "Town was ready to take on the Soviets...almost"
https://needham.wickedlocal.com/news/20200218/needham-history-town-was-ready-to-take-on-sovietsalmost
This article has a map and seven photos:
https://needham.wickedlocal.com/news/20200212/emotional-night-in-needham-for-nike-missile-site-hearing ]
[{Larsen, D} May 2017 - There's now a dog park in addition to a community garden at the rear of the property where the launchers and magazines were. The dog park is probably less than two years old. Elsewhere on the site, you can still identify what was what by studying the pavement that remains. There are parking spaces across from the site of the admin bldg. A huge pile of wood chips sits where the missile assembly and test building used to be. You can follow the concrete strip all the way around and into the fueling berm. The far end of the berm has been closed off, I think because police had used it for a small arms range. ]
[{Kaltofen, M} 42.16149 N, 71.16365 W ]
[{Simpson, P} GPS 42.27318 N, 71.27351 W - front gate of site - intersection of Charles River St. and Pine St. Pine St is one-way. The site driveway (about 1/2 mile long) is off of Pine St, ... barracks and guard shack have been obliterated, as has the entire launch area. The only remains are those of the missile assembly building, which is now a pile of rubble and the semicircular earthworks.]
[{Murdock, S}GPS= 42-16-26 71-16-23 ]

L - [{Foster, M}Wayland] Oxbow St. (Mass National Guard) GPS 42-24-33N 71-21-34W ]
[{Devine, B} Aug 2015, overgrown with weeds, apparently buried and restored to nature. Very pretty park with tall pines around and a walking trail. Wonderful townhomes right to the gate. The barracks are now smaller ranch houses on what is called Launcher Way, with families, and cars in the driveways, some on jacks. ]
[{Foster, M} H - Launcher Way] Drumlin Farm Education Center and Wildlife Center ]
[{Murdock, S} GPS= 42-24-35 71-21-37 ]

L - ((O) Northeastern Univ; parking lot)
[{Foster, M}Northeastern Univ, EM Barracks is Univ. Library]
[{2}H - Bedford St, Private Housing] ]

L - 1.7 NW, Carlisle Rd (Harvard Univ; zoological study facility)
[{Foster, M}utilizing underground magazines GPS 42-30-28N 71-17-41W]

C - Meadow Hill, off Francis (MAArNG/USAR Center)
[{Murdock, S}GPS= 41-52-43 71-12-59 ]
[{Foster, M} (Dec 2018) Most bldgs still exist and have been redone over as MANG facilities (79th Troop Command). EM/Officers quartrees slated for demo as in poor condition.]

L - off Peck, near Reynolds (Town of Rehoboth)
[{Foster, M} (Dec 2018) Barracks now Town Hall, Assy Bldg and Gen bldg are town dog officer. Fueling area berms gone but concrete?mini role coaster? still exists along with base of acid hoist. Ball field on former magazines. Guard house and Admin bldg gone.]
[{Larsen, D} (April 2016) The Missile Assembly & Test Building has morphed into an animal shelter. The Generator Building stands and its unclear to me if it has a current use. Ditto for the Water Pump House. The pits are covered over by ball fields although there's evidence of some stray concrete where you enter. (have pictures) ]
[{Murdock, S}GPS= 41-53-04 71-11-59 ]

H - [{Larsen, D} (April 2016) The old family housing area was off the access road and it's now used for picnics and other recreation. The homes themselves have been gone for more than 25 years.

L - E of Sharps Lot Rd, between Baker & Marvel ( Anderson Motor Company)
[{Foster, M} (Dec 2018) Iron Mountain Data Storage bldg built over one of the magazines (circa 1992). Guard shack and barracks blogs in very poor condition.]
[{John} Jan 2009, This is the area now occupied by Iron Mountain. They list their address as Dighton. I believe this is on the Swansea town line, ...]
[{Murdock, S}GPS= 41-47-29 71-09-52 ]

A -
[{Murdock, S}GPS= 41-47-04 71-10-18 ]

[{Siedzik, J} Pretty well preserved. The Barracks are still there. The Assembly building is there also, the missle loading rails are dissassembled and lying next to the Assembly building. The launch site is barren though. A piece of one of the missle lifters is still there in a pile of metal, but the hydraulic shaft was cut with something so it would never be used again. The HQ is now the park headquarters. The basketball court is still there also, but obviously in disrepair being thirty years old! ]

[{Tyler, T} (12/99) D-06C: 42-38.8N/83-03.5W
The land is now open park land, and has an archery & trap & skeet ranges. This site isn't particularly high terrain relative to the rest of the area. ... The site has been obliterated, with just some foundations left, almost buried under grass & weeds. About 1/4 mile further down Woodall Road (the sites were all in between Woodall Rd & the Clinton --I hear it is polluted! ;) -- River). Is a fenced in section about an acre or two in size. Fencing looks old & is barbed-wire topped. There's a large old sheetmetal garage-like building in the middle of the compound, but nothing else. Not even a road going to it, though by walking around the compound, I did find part of an old sidewalk that led to it. ...
D-06L: 42-39.1N/83-04.1
A large, fenced-in compound still exists, and the fencing looks like it is from the Nike era. The land is mostly flat & grassy. No buildings, foundations, or other Nike Launch site 'signatures' at all. A quarter mile further down Woodall Road is the old entrance gate, and there are a series of 3 or 4 small wooden buildings which reminded me of dorms at a kid's summer camp. A sign at the locked-gate indicated that the property was owned by the school district. ]

L - South Perimeter Rd, 3 W south gate ((P) MIArNG vehicle storage)
[{Tyler, T} (12/99) D-14/16: I understand they're finally going to be torn down in the very near future. I made contact with the Selfridge ANGB Civil Engineer heading up the project, he referred me to the Selfridge Public Affairs Office to see it it'd be OK for me to make a visit & take some photos, etc. and the PAO hasn't bothered to contact me. ]

A - *Shared Admin with D-16

L - South Perimeter Rd, 0.5 W south gate ((P) boat/RV storage)
[{Baumgarten, R} (May/05)The site is completely gone, how do I know ? I have lived across the Clinton River, about a half mile away, for 41 years. ]
[{Tyler, T} (12/99) D-14/16: I understand they're finally going to be torn down in the very near future. I made contact with the Selfridge ANGB Civil Engineer heading up the project, he referred me to the Selfridge Public Affairs Office to see it it'd be OK for me to make a visit & take some photos, etc. and the PAO hasn't bothered to contact me. ]
[{Zimnickas, J} (June 2001) The missile pits for D-16 appear to still be intact, at least the ventilator hoods and escape hatches are there....but who knows for how long. ]

A - *Shared Admin with D-14

L - S side Shortcut Rd, E of Starville Rd
[{Schwarz, F} (08/16) A storage company owns it and renovated the buildings and turned them into storage units. The launcher area is still there and they park stored RVs and boats on it. The pits have been filled in but you can still see the metal outline of them.
[{Tyler, T} (12/99) One mile E of the IFC, at 6405 Shortcut Rd, now "Jerry's Self Storage & Marine City Glass [810] 765-4030 Main gate is at: 42-41.78N/082-33.80W It's about 2 miles NW of the very small town of Starville. The site is mostly obliterated. The original fence is still up, the sentry hut is intact, but boarded up & now just used to support a sign on top of it advertising the storage facility. ... someone ... could probably call Jerry's, speak with the owner, and get some info about the post-Nike usage of the grounds. Also USACE DERP-FUDS should have info. ]

[{Tyler, T} (12/99) {Tyler disagrees with Harvey) I've snooped around, trying to find either the IFC or Battery, but have found neither.]

[{Tyler, T} (12/99) IFC -- 8690 Groh Road (16.2 air miles SSW of downtown Detroit), sadly, the two old concrete TTR/MTR towers at the IFC were completely removed within the past year, so the only thing left that I could see is the original fencing, the main gate being at 42-06.45N/083-09.36W. The site is now used to store landscaping stuff like sod, bags of soil, equipment trailers, pickup trucks, etc.

[{Tyler, T} (12/99)
Launch Battery -- 17 miles SSW downtown Detroit. The former launch site is heavily wooded/overgrown as viewed from the public road, but ... possibly the original fenceline intact. The gate for what according to a sign on it is now the "Nature Area -- Grosse Ile Nature & Land Conservancy & the Environmental Protection Agency" (sic). It's Grosse Ile Municipal Airport (formerly NAS Grosse Ile, from the 1920s - 1969) property. This gate (airport propery gate 19) is at 42-05.92N/083-09.15W. It's about 1 mile S of the former IFC, and is on the W side of E. River Road.

Grosse Ile Township DPW could probably give more info on the status of the Launch Battery, and their # is 734/696-5959. Thety're actually located right across the street from the old IFC! USACE also has extensive DERP-FUDS material, and Grosse Ile Township Hall apparently is making valid efforts to document the history of the former NAS, and possibly also the Nike sites.

NAS Grosse Ile Web: http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/oman/556/

[{Tyler, T} (12/99)

[{Black, C.} (June 2003) Yes it was called Inkster. It was located next to Metro. Airport. And yes it was Romulus where mail was sent. ]
[{Tyler, T} (12/99) Apparently, both the IFC & Battery were located on the airport property. The airport was initially Romulus Army Air Field, then apparently became Romulus Airport, but for the last couple decades has been called Detroit Metropolitain Airport (DTW).

From my preliminary research, the D-61 IFC was around 42-13.4N/083-20.0W, and was to the immediate West of Middlebelt Road, near the intersection of Goddard Rd. I was at DTW for a meeting 2 months ago & asked a Lt with the airport FD (he'd been there 17 years) if he knew anything about the old Nike sites. He said he knew about the one that was "by the old National Guard ramp area," which would have been the IFC location. This area is now a ramp area for some small commercial cargo transport ventures, and I've never noticed an old Nike-type structures there.

D-61L -- I believe it should have been at 42-12.1N/083-20.9, which would have been near the intersection of Superior Rd & Merriman Rd. DTW expanded onto this property sometime in the past, and within the past decade a new runway was built which now occupies the launch battery site.

... However there's an old-timer on the DTW Civil Engineering staff who is apparently familiar with the Nike sites. I passed the name & # on to Mike Binder a few months ago, but hopefully I've saved that info too.
DTW Airport Web: http://www.waynecounty.com/airport/

[{Bateman, T} (5/2001) IFC at Spinoza and Joy Roads and the Launcher Area which was on Outer Drive just south of Joy Rd.. ]

[{Tyler, T} (12/99) D-69: The former site is in DETROIT's River Rouge Park, not River Rouge (which is a city about 8 miles away). I believe the IFC might have been at 42-21.5N/083-15.2W. There are a couple small cinderblock buildings that looked to be old military, however River Rouge Park used to be home of Camp River Rouge -- a cantonment area for ARNG personnel. USACE DERP-FUDS has a nice report on this use. This site now is used by Detroit Police Dept as a K-9 training area, and would be 10 miles WNW of downtown Detroit.

D-69L -- I've been told the former site is SE of the intersection of W Warren Ave & W Outer Drive, which means it would have been at about 42-20.5N/083-15.07W

L - S side 11 Mile Rd, E of Inkster Rd
[{Siedzik, J} The launch site is pretty much trashed. Lots of telephone poles and lights that seemingly lit up nothing. There are 2 giant concrete pillars about 200 feet apart and about 30 feet tall whatever these were! There is also an obviously man made hill with vent pipes coming out of it and a pumphouse next to it for I don't what. Maybe fuel?? ]
[{Bateman, T} The Launcher area is partially intact. It is on the North side of 11 Mile Road about 1/2 a mile East of the IFC site. It resides within an Army Reserve facility. The Fueling Berm is still there but the building is gone. There is another building outside of the berm which I can't identify but could be the Generator Building. The Barracks and the Admin building have been converted to use first by the Naval Reserve (I drilled there and did not even realize what the site was) and now by the Army Reserve. The water purification building and a tank still remain along with all 3 pits which have filled with water.]
[{Tyler, T} (12/99) I agree with Bateman. The coords for this site are 42-29.2N/083-18.3.

L - N of MI 59, E of I75 interchange
[{Freeman, C} (Oct 2007) ... me and my friend went to go check out the launcher site and a emergency medical center has been built on top of it. I hear the building was constructed in 2004. Towards the very back of the medical center, you can see a few deflector plates but that is all, little of the site remains. ]
[{Bateman, T}The Launcher area is next to the baseball field on the Auburn Hills campus of Oakland University which is East if I-75 and North of M-59. The pits have been filled in but the concrete launch pads with the blast deflecters and rail mounting points still remain. The fueling berm is still there along with a winch boom and the acid fueling pit. The access road, Barracks parking lot and Assembly Building road and partial foundation still but all the original buildings have been demolished.
Community College

[{Tyler, T} (12/99) D-97: Located in Auburn HILLS, not Auburn Hts, the sites are about 23 air miles NNW of downtown Detroit.
IFC: *Approximately* 42-38.7N/083-13.4W. I'd have to defer to Bateman. I poked around the area but did not see anything I could ID as being the former IFC. The grounds are now part of what is a fairly new/modern small university. I'm guessing major parts of the IFC are now a big parking lot and a grassy knoll.

Launch Battery: 42-38.6N/083-14.05W. I concur with Bateman. Some of the old launch site is now used as a storage site for construction supplies by the university's building contractors. One additional note -- when I was there in the Fall of '98 I saw what appeared to be misc. Nike electrical panelling, etc. scattered about on the ground near the winch boom.