Camp Hero State Park

USA / New York / Montauk /
 Second World War 1939-1945, Cold War 1947-1991, closed / former military, state park, United States Air Force
Camp Hero (also known as Fort Hero or the Montauk Air Force Station) was a military base at Montauk Point on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.

The two 16-inch gun batteries and 6-inch gun battery at Camp Hero were designed to seal off the eastern approach to Long Island Sound to enemy warships and worked in concert with similar batteries at Fort H.G. Wright on Fishers Island and the New York Harbor defenses at Fort Tilden, Sandy Hook and at Highlands in New Jersey.

It was decommissioned in the 1980s and is now owned by the New York State Department of Parks as Camp Hero State Park. The park offers a beach, fishing, hiking, a bridle path, biking, and cross-country skiing.

Despite rumors to the contrary, there is no evidence of any secret underground facility or of the supposed Montauk Project or Philadelphia Experiment which supposedly occurred at the base.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Hero
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Coordinates:   41°3'46"N   71°52'41"W

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