BA-03 - Phoenix, MD
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bluesnote
N 39° 30.793 W 076° 33.310
18S E 366310 N 4374885
One of the the Nike Missile Sites projecting the Baltimore-Washington metro area in Phoenix, Maryland. The site, BA-02 is composed of two sites, with the barracks grounds being used as a senior center (and park) and launch site used by public works.
Waymark Code: WM178MH
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2023
Views: 2
Taken from the website, "C - Sunnybrook Rd, N of Merrymans Mill ((O) private owner)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) Gated, secured, overgrown with no evidence of a buildings or radar towers visible from the road. ]
L - 3101 Paper Mill Rd ((I)Paper Mill Recreation Center; Jacksonville Senior Center; Baltimore County Fire Department training site)
[{Siegfried, W} (Aug 2012) The launch area is intact with the magazine padlocked and secure. The building that served as the senior center has recently been razed. It is now a gravel and dirt parking lot. The launch area itself serves several purposes from county maintenance and training to use as a FEMA training center. The people that work here are friendly, interested and hospitable. I was allowed to walk around and take pictures and spent close to an hour visiting with them discussing the history of the site. The had an aerial photograph of the site c. 1960 and wanted to know if there were more pictures of the base in action anywhere. They do not have keys to the padlocked magazines. FEMA uses one of them for close quarters training. They have built maze like structures inside one and occasionally fill it with smoke for training purposes. One of the guys noted the colors of the hatches and doors were not correct and said we'll have to get that right next time we paint them. Cool! ]
[{Thompson, T} The Phoenix site has a Barracks north of the launch area, it is presently the Jacksonville Senior Center. The Launch area itself is still fenced in, some standing buildings, some newer trailer offices, it is used for/by the Baltimore County Fire Department Rescue Academy. The IFC which was on Sunnybrook road is now an over grown junglelike fenced in area, no sign that there were ever any buildings on it, or roadways. There is no indication of ownership.]"
Link to Ed Thelen's Nike location page that includes the site you are submitting: [Web Link]
Parking location: Not Listed
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