Nike Missile Control Site N-85

During the Cold War, the United States opened hundreds of Nike Missile Sites across the country, designed to protect the country from attack. Eight of these installations were located in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

This site was originally a World War II POW camp and staging area known as Camp Patrick Henry. After the war, a portion of Camp Patrick Henry was converted into a Nike Missile Control Site in 1955 where it housed the US Army’s Nike Ajax, and later in 1958, the Nike Hercules missiles.

In 1971, the Nike Missile Control Site N-85 was decommissioned.

Today, the looming radar towers and scattered abandoned buildings are all that remain.