Nike Missile Site (Anchorage, Alaska)
USA /
Alaska /
Point MacKenzie /
Anchorage, Alaska
World
/ USA
/ Alaska
/ Point MacKenzie
World / United States / Alaska
Cold War 1947-1991, nikemissile, closed / former military

Site "Point" (aka Site "A") (1959-1979). This launch site had 4 above-ground reinforced concrete blockhouses. Each blockhouse stored 4 Hercules missiles on single launchers which would be rolled out for launch. These types of launch/storage structures were used only in Alaska. This site was the only dual firing site in Alaska. The radar control site was due east.
nikealaska.org/AADCP/AADCP.html
nikealaska.org/AADCP/AADCP.html
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 61°9'20"N 150°3'16"W
- Point Barrow, AK / Nuwuk, AK 1173 km
- Milagra Ridge Military Reservation 3242 km
- Nike Missile Site 3300 km
- Nike Missile Site 3309 km
- C-92/94 Nike Missile Launch area 4553 km
- Former NIke Missle Battery D-97 Site 4770 km
- Former Nike Missile Site D-57/58 4817 km
- Lower Nike Park and Bradford Resevoir 5406 km
- NY-58/60 Nike launcher area 5434 km
- Hartshorne Woods County Park 5452 km
- Kincaid Park 1.1 km
- Taxiway 4 km
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC/PANC) 4.3 km
- Former Kulis Air National Guard Base 4.4 km
- Primary Taxiways 4.5 km
- Sand Lake 4.8 km
- Lake Hood 5.8 km
- Lake Hood Strip Airport (Z41) 5.9 km
- Lake Hood (former Lake Spenard section) 6.1 km
- Campbell Lake 6.6 km
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