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Out in the Marin Headlands they have a whole exhibit about the missile sites there and around the Bay. You can even interview and listen to presentations by peo

Out in the Marin Headlands they have a whole exhibit about the missile sites there and around the Bay. You can even interview and listen to presentations by people who were stationed around the Bay during the cold war watching for a Soviet attack. Apparently, the Soviets had a plan to repeatedly nuke the bay to generate huge clouds of radiation that would then spread across the country. http://www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm http://www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm

enahs-sf 11y ago
The headlands missile site is just a short and very pleasant bike ride away. Highly recommended.
- mikeyouse 11y ago
  Pleasant!? Up Hawk Hill?! (Mostly joking while nursing some very sore legs after my first ride in a few weeks)
- slayed0 11y ago
  Ha! I do this ride nearly every week and I'm not sure I would describe it as "short and very pleasant" to a general audience. Unless you have a decent road bike and are fairly fit you will likely be walking up hawk hill.
  - zten 11y ago
    Never mind making it up the hill -- the backside descent of Conzelman Road is really what your average person should skip. You'll miss out on some of the old structures by skipping that, but there's still things to see if you go down Alexander, take the tunnel to Bunker Rd, and follow that out.
ghaff 11y ago
Well worth seeing. As far as I know, it's the only Nike exhibit of its type with a launcher that actually gets raised up. There are various remains of other Nike sites around (including on Angel Island) but there's typically not much there.
Animats 11y ago
It's much more than a static exhibit. I've been out to SF-88 and had a tour of the control and radar trailers, with their analog computers and consoles powered up [2], but the radars not emitting. They can run the missile lifts up and down and raise a missile to firing position.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg3sjXUr-yg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg3sjXUr-yg [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssY11Dujaog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssY11Dujaog

enahs-sf 11y ago

The headlands missile site is just a short and very pleasant bike ride away. Highly recommended.

mikeyouse 11y ago
Pleasant!? Up Hawk Hill?! (Mostly joking while nursing some very sore legs after my first ride in a few weeks)
slayed0 11y ago
Ha! I do this ride nearly every week and I'm not sure I would describe it as "short and very pleasant" to a general audience. Unless you have a decent road bike and are fairly fit you will likely be walking up hawk hill.
- zten 11y ago
  Never mind making it up the hill -- the backside descent of Conzelman Road is really what your average person should skip. You'll miss out on some of the old structures by skipping that, but there's still things to see if you go down Alexander, take the tunnel to Bunker Rd, and follow that out.

ghaff 11y ago

Well worth seeing. As far as I know, it's the only Nike exhibit of its type with a launcher that actually gets raised up. There are various remains of other Nike sites around (including on Angel Island) but there's typically not much there.

Animats 11y ago

It's much more than a static exhibit. I've been out to SF-88 and had a tour of the control and radar trailers, with their analog computers and consoles powered up [2], but the radars not emitting. They can run the missile lifts up and down and raise a missile to firing position.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg3sjXUr-yg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg3sjXUr-yg [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssY11Dujaog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssY11Dujaog