Cold War Defense CarrolltonNike Park Walking Tour

Cold War Defense: Carrollton-Nike Park Walking Tour


13036 Nike Park Road
Carrollton, VA 23314


Saturday, August 24, 2024
02:00pm - 04:00pm

Visit Nike-Ajax Missile Site N-75L, one of the Cold Wars few surviving Army Air-Defense Posts. Local historian Albert Burckard, along with former missile mechanic Ira Abbott, hosts a short presentation and a walking tour of this site which contains the original barracks, mess hall, administration and recreation building, officer/non-commissioned officer family housing, fueling area and underground missile magazines.

Event begins in the Recreation Hall (former soldier barracks) at Nike Park, 13036 Nike Park Road, Carrollton.


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