Nike missile locations | Ohio
Nike Missile Sites in Ohio
Find Nike sites in Ohio 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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Cincinnati - Dayton Defense Area
4 sites in this inventory
Dillsboro
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
unknown
Private ownership, home
Felicity
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
OHArNG, C Company, 216th Engineers
Industrial
Oxford
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
Private ownership
Private ownership
Wilmington
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3D/18H/12L-U
Intact, Nike Town Center and Country School, also industrial
Intact, Private ownership
Cleveland Defense Area
8 sites in this inventory
Bratenahl
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Garfield Heights
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Garfield Heights Board of Education
Independence Board of Education, "Land Lab"
Lakefront Airport
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Lordstown
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
Park and Housing
Tri-City Park
Painesville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/18H, 30A/12L-U
Private ownership, industrial
County Engineers Office
Palma/ Midpark Station
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Nathan Hale Park
Cuyahoga Community College
Warrensville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/30A/12L-A
USAR Center
Ohio DOT
Willowick
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 3B/30A/12L-A
Robert Manry Park
Wiloughby - Eastlake School District
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
Note there are additional sites covering the Cincinnati - Dayton area located in Indiana.
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).