Site razed in 2006; now a vacant lot with visible concrete debris piled up in several places. This is also the year that Buddy (the Missile Silo dog) found us, he was a stray that was struggling to survive, and is now my best friend, always by my side. The site was an AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. Never operational. The AADCP inactivated in 1966. The control in the upper-right corner of the map (it shows the four corners of a box) allows you to see the map full-screen. 43.73247, -70.23902Photo Credit: Patrick Emerson flickr.com. FDS Redeveloped into single-family housing. Today, the buildings are still in use, some buildings still standing. The cave is 30 feet in length from front to back.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[300,250],'urbexunderground_com-leader-4','ezslot_15',183,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-urbexunderground_com-leader-4-0'); Grass and wildflowers grow in the middle of the exterior. It was designed for manual operations, using plexiglass plotting boards and telephonic inputs. FEMA team headquarters, and missile site still accessible. If you havent, weve got your back! Location now a parking deck. Now obliterated, Private ownership, housing. FDS. The main missile silo is 170 feet deep. The school closed in 1996, and the city auctioned it off in 2009 to the California-based W.R. Portee Evangelistic World Church. Private ownership. The IFC was assigned as an off-base installation to Ellsworth AFB on 25 May 1961. Obliterated, Coyote Hills Regional Park. The launcher area is now a public park with a Nike-Hercules missile and a plaque dedicating the site. Nothing remains of the IFC except the MTR and TTR towers. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Many of the original structures, fencing, pavement, light poles, etc., still remain. LS completely removed. Launch pad doors still visible, but concrete has been covered by soil and is now a grassy area. The site was inactivated on 8 Sep 1968. Magazines visible, status unknown. Now obliterated, although largely intact. In highly industrial area. Various websites have presented increasingly extended ghost stories about the vacant property in recent years, which may have prompted break-ins and vandalism. Small part US Army Reserve center. Command, maintenance, and fueling buildings now serve as the U.S. Border Patrol's Detroit Sector Headquarters. Some buildings still in use, no towers, two concrete pilons still visible. Abandoned IFC site. Many foundations remain with broken concrete spread around area, roads in deteriorating condition. A Kansas property with a missile silo that was operational in the 1960s is on sale for $380,000. Totally obliterated. The AADCP was inactivated in 1969. FDS. RIANG/USAFR Center, some old buildings in use. Concrete foundations badly deteriorated, only some building foundations remain. Learn how to uncover more abandoned places and the techniques used to capture their beauty. White Lakes Mall, designed by Keith Meyers of Topeka, was officially opened on October 15, 1964. Closing its doors after more than 125 years seems like the end of an era. Used as a storage yard/junkyard. FDS. It is presently used as an office and a nursing home. The site today is on the North Branch Trail on a leveled-off hill. Site Summit is listed in the, Intact Army ownership, best preserved Alaskan Site. Also storage yard. In 1930, the spouse of one of Sauers daughters committed suicide, and there were reports that the house was haunted throughout the years. These are MAJOR nuclear war targets, each one of these silo's will be hit with minimum one warhead with a fairly large yield as part of a Russian counterforce attack. Fire Control largely preserved and accessible via hiking trail. "Missile Base Road". with defenses manned by both Regular Army and Washington National Guard units. Largely intact, however the forest has just about won the battle to reclaim its former areas. Today, the site is in use, some buildings still standing. While this missile silo site is no longer functioning, it underwent a thirty-year renovatation by an artistic couple who transformed the base to become Subterra Castle. However, it's been done in Kansas! Most buildings intact and in use, some radar towers. Have you made plans yet? The Formerly Used Defense Sites (FDS) program processed many former sites and then transferred them out of Defense Department control.[7]. Double magazine now motor pool area for Army Reserve unit. Air Force operations at the site ended in 1962, and Nike operations were inactivated in 1974. On mountain peak, leveled flat for the base. The pits are still there, under the park, behind the fire station. Fort Funston/ Mount San Bruno, California. 38.26108, -96.81953Photo Credit: Traversing Travy facebook.com. Site is now the location of a couple of office buildings. Cambria Municipal offices, appears to be converted into maintenance storage yard. The site was purchased by a developer with a school built on the launch area. Discover another exciting road trip route by embarking upon a Kansas waterfalls road trip. Assembly building is still present. PHOTOS: Eerie Nuclear Missile Silo on Sale in Kansas 'Could - Insider FDS. Get more stories delivered right to your email. No evidence of IFC site. Roads in fair condition, both magazines appear to be concreted over, large gravel pile on them, generally badly deteriorated. Partially intact, administration buildings at entrance standing, with what appear to be military radio towers. On that date, it was designated as Potrero Hills Storage Annex; and jurisdiction, control, and accountability were assigned to Travis AFB. Obliterated, Milagra Ridge (GGNRA). Site was never operational, Private ownership, four long military buildings still exist with circular access road, usage unknown. It is also used occasionally for communications exercises supporting various US Army operations. But what we ended up finding in this abandoned hotel made the sketchy elevator ride all worth it. Dormitory, office spaces and missile maintenance shed were intact and operated by Kent Schools as the Mountain View Academy until their demolition in July 2019 to make room for River Ridge Elementary. At some later time, probably about 1984, it was transferred back to the Army and assigned to Fort Dix. Being used as an auto junkyard, large numbers of junk cars stored in missile firing pads. In the spring of 1898, a powerful windstorm severely destroyed the structure. The lone general store, as well as a coal and lumber yard, were owned by John Geissler. Like many dead malls across the country, the White Lakes mall is one of the more popular abandoned places in Kansas. Light office building, parking lot, also Worcester Nike Park. IFC Redeveloped into a public park called Nike Park, in the middle of a much larger industrial park. The USAF radar site at Murphy Dome AFS, AK (F-2) was shared with the Army for Nike missile-defense system. You'll receive your first newsletter soon! Buildings in good shape, Radar tower bases visible. City of SeaTac WA Parks Dept. Redeveloped into high-end single-family housing. In use by state highway department and is currently covered by a bike track, a Hamburg Town Park, and Bulk Storage. It was inactivated on 1 Oct 1980, declared excess on 15 Dec 1980, then reactivated on 12 May 1981 and remained in use until the closure of Loring Air Force Base in 1995. The possibilities are only as limited as your imagination unless youre scared. Redeveloped into Electric Lighting Company. Raymond Central High School some buildings intact but site greatly modified for school. The generator building, guard house and warheading building are present and largely intact. Overgrown, most buildings underneath veneration canopy. Headquarters facilities were located at Tappan, Fort Totten, Fort Wadsworth, and Roslyn. FDS. FDS. For many years, the little farming village prospered in the lush Salt Creek Valley, but it, like many other Kansas communities, has seen its population decrease substantially. 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Redeveloped into Immanuel Lutheran Church and a multi-story light office building. Originally installed by the Air Force as part of a missile system in the Topeka area in 1961, the site was only operational until 1965 when it was decommissioned and ultimately abandoned. Apr 9, 2023 - Campsite for $50. Site was never operational. Lancaster (town) Police Department and local government office. Private property, with locked fence access. Initially listed at the height of the pandemic in March 2020 for $420,000 the price has dropped by $40,000 last month. Intact, NPS-GGNRA, Angel Island State Park. FDS. Maryland Indian Heritage Society, Melwood Horticultural Training Center. It seems like, quite literally, no matter where you go in Kansas, youre sure to find abandoned buildings and ghost towns galore. In 1965, upgraded to the AN/FSG-l Missile-Master Radar Direction Center. The east and west facades are 14 inches thick and 76 feet long, with 22-foot-high columns in the front and back. East side of what is now Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. As of 2019, entire launch site covered by new police academy. Redeveloped into large school and recreational area of the Long Beach School District. Launch "pits" used for reservoirs for the waste treatment plant. Initially operating both Nike Ajax and Hercules but later on only Nike Hercules, the Norwegian Nikes were only conventional armed with the T-45 High Explosive warhead. Now L-58C is used as a Long Range Radar (LRR) site by the FAA, designated "J-63" equipped with ARSR-4 Radar. Some buildings in use, magazine area obliterated however land scarring visible where overfilled with soil. Appears to be light office building. It was inactivated on 4 Nov 1970. Because of the numerous Indian raids and limited water sources, the trail was named as Journey of the Dead in the 1850s. Battalion Blvd remains. New building and landscaping to the west of the former missile pads. Now, one developer has taken an Atlas silo in Kansas and repurposed it into a fallout-style shelter. We rate ghost towns in North Dakota based on their status. No evidence of IFC - Correction - IFC was located at the top of a hill on the corner of Ratzer and Alps Roads including radar towers as late as 1980. It was one of eight schools that were shuttered as part of a local desegregation plan to satisfy the original Brown case, which was reopened in the 1980s and didnt get resolved until 1999. Its new role was meant to be a coordination center for civil defense in the event of attack, but it ended up being used as storage. FDS. Of all the abandoned places in Kansas, Bushong is one of my personal favorite ghost towns. 3. Cleveland Defense Area (CL): Headquarters facilities were located at the Shaker Heights Armory and in Cleveland. Double above-ground magazines, on top of mountain ridge, under US Army control, Both Nike launch facilities overgrown with vegetation, abandoned. Some foundations of buildings, remainder of streets. Concrete slabs and some wooden curb stops remain, but all buildings have been removed. Partially Intact, East Ramapo School District. Redeveloped, Private ownership. DallasFort Worth Defense Area (DF): For air defense of Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. No evidence of IFC remains. FDS. Above-ground site with launchers protected by berms. Private ownership, fenced. A large planter covering the elevator of the "B" Section and some berms is all that remains of the launch site. The 6,900 square foot complex has two upper levels once used for launch control and living quarters. Several Buildings standing also some radar towers.