Nike missile locations | Maryland
Nike Missile Sites in Maryland
Find Nike sites in Maryland 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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Washington - Baltimore Defense Area
16 sites in this inventory
Accokeek
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
FDS
FDS
Brandywine/ Naylor
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Chestertown (9 mi W)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 30A/23L-UA, (12L-H)
FDS
FDS
Cronhardt
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A
FDS
FDS
Croom/ Marlboro
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
FDS
FDS
Davidsonville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
Intact, Police training
Derwood
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Edgewood Arsenal
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 30A/23L-UA (12L-H)
Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard
Partially Intact, Maryland Army National Guard
Fork
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Gaithersburg
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Granite
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/24H, 20A/24L-UA, (16L-H)
FDS
FDS
Jacobsville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Mattawoman/ Waldorf
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-UA
FDS
FDS
Phoenix/ Sweet Air
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-UA, (8L-H)
FDS
FDS
Rockville
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U
FDS
FDS
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U, (8L-H)
FDS
FDS
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
Note there are additional sites that covered the Washington area in Virginia.
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).