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.
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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.
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Philadelphia Defense Area
7 sites in this inventory
It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.
Chester/Media
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Edgemont/ Delaware City
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 60A/23L-UA, (11L-H)
Ridley Creek State Park
USAR Center
Newportville/ Crowden
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B. 2C/30a/12L-A
Private ownership
Private ownership
Paoli/ Valley Forge
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Richboro
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/30A/8L-A
FDS
FDS
Warrington/ Eureka
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4B, 2C/36H, 60A/22L-UU
FDS
FDS
Worchester
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Private ownership
USAR Center
Pittsburgh Defense Area
12 sites in this inventory
It shows the defense area at a glance; use the individual IFC and launch links for each site's component record.
Rural Ridge
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Bridgeville/ Hickman
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Intact, Army, Pittsburgh Readiness Group
Intact, Army control
Bryant/ North Park
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Corapolis/ Beacon
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U
FDS
FDS
Cowansburg/ Herminie
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Dorseyville/ Indianola
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Elizabeth
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Elrama
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Finleyville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Partially Intact, Private ownership, a church
Partially Intact, Private ownership
Irwin
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U
FDS
FDS
Murrysville/ Monroe
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Westville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-H
FDS
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).