Nike missile locations | New Jersey
Nike Missile Sites in New Jersey
Find Nike sites in New Jersey 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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New York Defense Area
9 sites in this inventory
Homdel/Hazlet
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
Leonardo/ Belford
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/18H, 30A/23L-UA, (12L-H)
Intact, Essex County Park District
Partially Intact, General Services Administration
Mountain View/ Wayne
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
FDS
Ramsey/ Darlington/ Mahwah
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4B, 2C/18H, 30A/24L-UA, (12L-H)
FDS
FDS
Sandy Hook
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 4B/24H, 40A/16L-UU
Gateway National Recreation Area
Gateway National Recreation Area
South Amboy
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
South Plainfield
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/12H, 20A/8L-U
FDS
FDS
Summit/ Watchung
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
FDS
Union County Department of Parks and Recreation
Philadelphia Defense Area
5 sites in this inventory
Berlin/ Clementon
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/16H, 60A/23L-UA
US Government, abandoned
US Government, abandoned
Lumberton
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B, 4C/24H, 60A/22L-UA, (14L-H)
Township of Lumberton and private owner
Township of Lumberton
Marlton
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 2B/30A/8L-A
Obliterated, Private ownership, future housing planned
Partially Intact, Evesham Board of Education
Pitman
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/30A/12L-A
Intact, Bethel Church
Private ownership
Swedesboro
Missile type and source-listed site notes
Nike 1B, 2C/18H, 30A/12L-UA, (7L-H)
General Services Administration
General Services Administration
Additional source material
Historical notes, maps, coordinates, and links
Note there were additional sites covering the New York area located in New York State.
Note there were additional sites covering the Philadelphia area located in Pennsylvania.
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).