Nike missile locations | Michigan
Nike Missile Sites in Michigan
Find Nike sites in Michigan 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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Detroit Defense Area
14 sites in this inventory
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Algonac/ Marine City
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Private ownership
Private ownership
Auburn Heights
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Obliterated, Oakland Community College
Obliterated, Oakland Community College
Belle Isle
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 2C/12H, 20A/12L-UA, (8L-H)
Obliterated, City of Detroit
Obliterated, City of Detroit
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike Carlton: 3B/20A/12L-A Newport: 3B/18H, 30A/12L-UA
FDS
FDS
Commerce/ Union Lake
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-U, (10L-H)
FDS
Not stated in source
Detroit City Airport
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
Obliterated, City of Detroit
Obliterated, City of Detroit
Franklin/ Bingham
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Partially Intact, State of Michigan
Obliterated, State of Michigan
Gross Isle
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/20A/8L-A
FDS
FDS
River Rouge Park
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
Partially Intact, City of Detroit
Obliterated, City of Detroit
Riverview/ Wyandotte (dual site)
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4B, 2C/30A/24L-AA
FDS
FDS
Romulus/ Dearborn
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-UA
FDS
FDS
Selfridge AFB
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings
Obliterated, Army Tank Automotive Command
Selfridge AFB
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
Partially Intact, Army Engineering Support Buildings
Obliterated, Army Tank Automotive Command
Utica
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
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).