Nike missile locations | Massachusetts
Nike Missile Sites in Massachusetts
Find Nike sites in Massachusetts 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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Boston Defense Area
12 sites in this inventory
Bedford
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Partially Intact, Private ownership
Partially Intact, Northeastern University
Beverly
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Burlington
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
FDS
FDS
Blue Hills/ Milton
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Cohasset/ Hingham
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Danvers
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-UA, (7L-H)
FDS
FDS
Fort Duvall/ Hull
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
Obliterated, Private ownership, housing
Park, ownership by Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Nahant
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Ajax/Hercules; exact storage and launcher code not stated on linked component pages
Redeveloped, per linked IFC page; current access not verified
Redeveloped, per linked launcher page; current access not verified
Needham
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Squantum/ Quincy
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A
FDS
FDS
Reading
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
Providence Defense Area
2 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.
Rehoboth
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
MAArNG/USAR Center
Town of Rehobeth
Swansea
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Private ownership
Private ownership, motor company
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
Note there are additional sites the covered the Providence area in Rhode Island.
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).