Nike Site Bay
This site is of the same design as sites Summit
and
Point,
but while the IFC is in slightly better shape than the nonexistant one
at site Point, the entire site is in overally much worse condition than
the other two. For more information about Nike missile bases click
here.
We looked briefly at the Integrated Fire Control Area, but kids in
camo kept running around and throwing fireworks at us, and then paintballs
started hitting the bushes around us. We decided we'd walked into a war
zone and left. The IFC buildings seem to be mostly destroyed, but there
are a few concrete sections still standing.
The launch bunkers are in poor condition, one has a mostly-collapsed
roof and the other is extensively burned.
For some reason the tunnels and lower levels have been sealed, but
only in a half-assed way that still allows determined people to get in.
Before one of the bunkers had its main basement hatch cemented over, someone
managed to drive a car through it.
Graffiti from the original missile crews (or "pit rats") has been modified
by modern taggers.
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Back doors unexplainably filled with dirt, and an ammo magazine.
Mmmm... fireworks...
A map of the area and some satellite photos: overview, the launch area,
and the IFC area.
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