Nike missile locations | Pennsylvania

Nike Missile Sites in Pennsylvania

Find Nike sites in Pennsylvania by town, site ID, or defense area. Browse the original service dates and site notes, with links to existing histories and IFC or launch pages where available.

19Sites listed
2Defense areas

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Before visiting a site: Condition and ownership notes below come from the prior inventory and have not been verified as current. They are not access guidance. Any coordinates in the additional source material are source-listed points, not surveyed property boundaries.

Philadelphia Defense Area

7 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
Philadelphia location map

It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.

Historical map of Philadelphia Defense Area Nike launcher locations
PH-67

Chester/Media

Service: 1955 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PH-75

Edgemont/ Delaware City

Service: 1955 - Nov 1968

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 60A/23L-UA, (11L-H)

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Ridley Creek State Park

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

USAR Center

PH-15

Newportville/ Crowden

Service: 1956 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B. 2C/30a/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

PH-82

Paoli/ Valley Forge

Service: 1955 - 1982

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PH-07

Richboro

Service: 1956 - Sep 1961

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 2B/30A/8L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PH-99

Warrington/ Eureka

Service: 1956 - Jul 1971

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 4B, 2C/36H, 60A/22L-UU

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PH-91

Worchester

Service: 1956 - 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Private ownership

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

USAR Center

Pittsburgh Defense Area

12 sites in this inventory

Defense-area history
Pittsburgh location map

It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.

Historical map of Pittsburgh Defense Area Nike launcher locations
PI-02

Rural Ridge

Service: Apr 1955 - Apr 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-62

Bridgeville/ Hickman

Service: 1956 - Apr 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Intact, Army, Pittsburgh Readiness Group

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Intact, Army control

PI-92

Bryant/ North Park

Service: 1956 - Apr 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-71

Corapolis/ Beacon

Service: 1955 - Mar 1974

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-37

Cowansburg/ Herminie

Service: 1956 - Mar 1974

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-03

Dorseyville/ Indianola

Service: Oct 1956 - Mar 1974

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-42

Elizabeth

Service: 1956 - Apr 1963

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-43

Elrama

Service: May 1955 - Mar 1974

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-52

Finleyville

Service: 1958 - Jul 1960

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, Private ownership, a church

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

Partially Intact, Private ownership

PI-36

Irwin

Service: Apr 1955 - Dec 1968

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-25

Murrysville/ Monroe

Service: Apr 1955 - 1960

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

PI-93

Westville

Service: Oct 1956 - Jun 1971

Missile type and source-listed site notes
Original missile configuration

Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-H

IFC condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Launch condition / owner, legacy note

FDS

Additional source material

Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links

Note there are additional sites that covered the Philadelphia area in New Jersey.

Reading the original records

Missile codes and source context

Nike missile and launcher code key

The original inventory uses compact storage and launcher codes, retained in each site's details.

Storage
C: Ajax only, original design. B: Ajax or Hercules, with some elevators modified for Hercules. D: either type, with increased magazine access.
Launcher
A: Ajax; AA: double Ajax; AG: above ground; H: Hercules; L: launcher; K: unofficial Alaskan above-ground designation; U: universal; UA: half universal and half Ajax; UU: double universal.

Launcher conversions to Hercules appear in parentheses in the original code, for example (8L-H).