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Everglades National Park houses one of the best preserved relics of the Cold War in Florida, a historic Nike Hercules missile site called "Alpha Battery" or "HM69". The site remains virtually the same as it was when official use of the site ended in 1979.
The Nike Missile Site HM-69 (also known as Hole in the Donut or Everglades Nike Site or Missile Base) is a former Nike-Hercules missile base, now listed as a historic site west of Homestead, Florida, United States. It is located on Long Pine Key Road in the Everglades National Park.
A warning sign that once meant what it says is now part of a tourist attraction at HM69 Nike Missile Base in Everglades National Park. Behind the barbed wire in Everglades National Park is a historic Nike Hercules Missile Site, called Alpha Battery or HM-69.
The historic Nike Missile Site is one of the best preserved relics of the Cold War in Florida, active from the years 1966-1979. Visitors may visit the site most days between early December and late March. There is an open house program, as well as Ranger-guided tours.
The historic Nike missile site in Everglades National Park is a well-preserved relic of the 1960s Cold War. See a restored Nike Hercules missile during the winter season.
This is the HM-69 Nike missile base, part of an expansive air defence system that once stretched across the United States. During the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, a small group of soldiers...
Built in the jittery wake of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis and quietly mothballed in 1979, the Nike base sits amid the swamp as an eerie reminder of an era when South Florida remained on high...
HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Leon Howell stands in front of the former headquarters of the Nike Hercules Missile Base in Everglades National Park and surveys the tour group in front of him. Despite the hat and sunglasses obscuring half his face, his grim expression is apparent.
Superintendent Dan Kimball is pleased to announce that the National Park Service has opened the historic Nike Hercules Missile Base HM-69 located in Everglades National Park to the public for the second season.
One of the most popular tours in Everglades National Park has nothing to do with alligators, wading birds or the River of Grass. It’s a tour of the Everglades Nike Missile Base, one of the best-preserved relics of the Cold War in South Florida.