page_title: Nike Missile Site C-47
section_title: Related sites
hierarchical_section_title: Nike Missile Site C-47 / Related sites
caption_attribution_description: English: Missile Launch Area for Nike Base C-47. Based on drawing from No. 4799001669; National Register of Historic Places, Registration Form; Nike Missile Site C47; United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2000
context_page_description: Nike Missile Site C-47 is a former missile site near Portage, Indiana. The Nike defense system was a Cold War-era missile system in the United States. Nike missiles were radar guided, supersonic antiaircraft missiles. The planners hoped that Nike would make a direct attack on the U.S. so costly as to be futile.
  Nike missile sites were constructed in defensive rings around major urban and industrial areas. Chicago was likely selected because of its population, the presence of several military bases, and the Gary, Indiana, steel industry. Nike C-47 near Portage designed with two units nearly a mile apart. The first section was the Launcher Area and is located on the south side of County Road 700 North, approximately 1/4 west of County Road 500 West, in Porter County, Indiana. The second area was the Control Area, located on the north side of County Road 600 North, near Wheeler. Sometimes called Administration Area. The base was operational by 1956, construction begun in 1954.
context_section_description: C-32 Nike 3B/12H, 20A/12L-U
  Porter, Indiana - Redeveloped for the offices of the National Park Service Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.  The launch site is a half-mile west. It is fenced, behind a locked gate, although largely intact. Privately owned, and overgrown.
  C-44 Nike 2B, 4C/60A/24L-AA
  Hegewisch /Wolf Lake, Illinois (dual site) - Abandoned and overgrown at the south end of recreation area.  The access road entrance is at Ave J & 133 Street largely obliterated. The launch site is also abandoned.  It is on the north shore of the lake, where S. Wolf Lake Blvd. becomes S. State Line Rd. The buildings are gone but foundations remain.
  C-45 Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
  Gary Municipal Airport, Indiana - Redeveloped area at the north tip of the airport.  A general aviation hangar, parking lot and ramp area for aircraft parking were created. The former launch site is across Industrial Highway.  The launch site was razed but remnants are still visible.
  C-46 Nike 1B, 1C/12H, 20A/12L-U, (8L-H)
  Munster, Indiana - Redeveloped into an industrial park.  It is on the west side of Calumet Ave. N of 45th St. The launch site is on west side of Columbia Ave. It was razed in 2008, now in private ownership.
  C-48 Nike 2B/20A/8L-A
  Gary, Indiana - Redeveloped and abandoned from as an automobile dealership on Grant Street. The launch site was redeveloped into commercial/industrial site near NW corner of 35th Avenue and Grant Street.
caption: Missile Launch Area for Nike Base C-47. Based on drawing from No. 4799001669; National Register of Historic Places, Registration Form; Nike Missile Site C47; United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 2000
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