Nike missile locations | Illinois
Nike Missile Sites in Illinois
Find Nike sites in Illinois 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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Chicago - Gary Defense Area
16 sites in this inventory
Addison
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/10L-U
FDS
FDS
Arlington Heights (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Burnham Park
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Fort Sheridan
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Hegewisch/ Wolf Lake (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Homewood
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/11L-U
FDS
FDS
Jackson Park
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Lemont
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
Libertyville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Montrose/ Belmont
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B, 2C/18H, 20A/20L-UA, (12L-H)
FDS
FDS
Mundelein
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Obliterated, Glenview Naval Air Station
Obliterated, Glenview Naval Air Station
Naperville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Northfield/ Skokie
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
Orland Park
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Palatine
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Worth/Palos
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 1C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Saint Louis Defense Area
3 sites in this inventory
Alton/ Pere Marquette
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
Intact, Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park
Abandoned, Pere Marquette State Park
Hecker
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
Beck VoTech School
FDS
Marine
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
Private ownership, abandoned
Private ownership, abandoned
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
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).