Ellsworth AFB Minuteman Missile Site Coordinates

Many of the following missile silos and launch control centers are on land claimed by the Lakota Nation. In the view of many Lakota the last valid treaty between the United States and the Lakota Nation was one signed in 1868. It left all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River in Lakota hands. (Nuclear Heartland)

Ellsworth Air Force Base (see also http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Ellsworth_AFB.htm), located in western South Dakota, initially had 150 Minuteman I missiles (also Titan Is, see http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/titan1.html#ellsworth) which were installed between April 1963 and the end of 1963. Between October 1971 and March 13 1973 the missiles were replaced by Minutman II missiles. The Minutemen were all retired between December 3 1991 and April 1994, with destruction of silos and alert facilities finishing in 1996 as part of the reduction in arms from 1,000 land-based ICBMs to 550 land-based ICBMs (now 500 with Peacekeeper retired), per international treaties.

Many of the Terraserver photos are from mid/late 1991 when the facilities were active though some photos are later, such as 1995. Some, such as F-1, are from 1997, after the facilities were salvaged and the last silo destroyed. I understand that Missile Alert Facility D-1 and Launch Facility D-9 are being preserved for conversion into a museum, possibly open in Spring 2004 for very limited tours, and hopefully open to the general publuc by Summer 2005. It's been designated the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site. See:

http://www.airforcebase.net/trips/rapid/rapid.html.
http://www.af.mil/news/Sep1996/n19960918_960947.html (link inactive, try http://web.archive.org/web/20011116090657/http://www.af.mil/news/Sep1996/n19960918_960947.html).
The Washington Post ran an article partly about South Dakota Minuteman sites D-1 and D-9 but it was really a retrospective of the Cold War, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59355-2002Jul24.html. HOWEVER the article has disappeared into the archives and now costs money to access. The title is "Rethinking the Unthinkable" by Bob Thompson, published July 28, 2002.
http://www.nps.gov/mimi
http://www.nps.gov/gis/metadata/mimi/mimibndp.html (link inactive, try http://web.archive.org/web/20041029182542/http://www.nps.gov/gis/metadata/mimi/mimibndp.html).
http://planning.nps.gov/document/miminews1.pdf
http://planning.nps.gov/document/miminews2.pdf
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/aviation/min.htm The security on the National Park Service's web site is so bizarre, you may not be able to directly get at the web page. If that happens to you, try doing a search on Minuteman Missile.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/mimi/hrs.htm The security on the National Park Service's web site is so bizarre, you may not be able to directly get at the web page. If that happens to you, try doing a search on Minuteman Missile, then try the link again. This is a Historic Resource Study entitled The Missile Plains: Frontline of America's Cold War.
http://rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2003/10/12/news/local/news06.txt
http://www.blackhillsbandit.com/articles/2003/10/24/news/news01.txt (Unfortunately, the Black Hills Bandit, formerly the newspaper for Ellsworth, has gone away and archive.org has problems accessing their own archives at the moment, 11/2007).
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/06/19/in_sd_a_disarming_monument_to_the_cold_war_is_set_for_launch

According to Scott Murdock ( http://www.airforcebase.net/trips/rapid/rapid.html), D-01 was officially turned over to the National Park Service in September of 2002.

I understand Ellsworth has a nice museum near the main gate. See http://www.blackhillsattractions.com/pages/attractions/sdairspace.html, and http://www.aero-web.org/museums/sd/eafbsd.htm for a review.

66th MS 68th MS 44th MW 44th MW 44th MW
(Patch images courtesy of USAFPatches.com. I have not found a patch for the 67th MS, only the 67th SMS). I believe the first 44th patch was appropriate for the Titan I era and the second is for Minuteman.

The people: Ellsworth sites were staffed by the 66th, 67th, and 68th Missile Squadrons, under the 44th Missile Wing (activated January 1 1962; deactivated July 4 1994). The 66th MS (flights A-E) was activated on July 1 1962; deactivation date unknown. The 67th MS (flights F-J) was activated on August 1 1962; deactivation date unknown. The 68th MS (flights K-O) was activated on September 1 1962; deactivation date unknown. Other resources:

http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/44bw.htm History of the 44th Bombardment Wing
http://globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/44mw.htm History of the 44th Missile Wing
http://www.strategic-air-command.com/wings/0044bw.htm Brief history of the 44th

Each squadron was responsible for 5 flights of 10 missiles each, or 50 missiles. Sites are designated by flight, using one letter of the alphabet, followed by a number. The first site in each flight is #1 and designates the Missile Alert Facility (MAF) which consists of an above-ground structure plus an underground Launch Control Center (LCC) staffed by two officers. The Launch Facilities (LFs, i.e. missile silos) are numbered 2 through 11 and are connected to the MAF/LCC by the Hardened Intersite Cable System (HICS) which also interconnects flights.

May, 2005, Ellsworth AFB is on a new list of bases to be closed.

For humor, I also include the nicknames given in Nuclear Heartland.

Terraserver 44-19-53  102-03-04
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-1
"Pumpkin's Pride"
Laid out at interesting angles, not north-south. October 21 2002, this site was being offered for sale, see http://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/Property/PropforSale/ShowProperty.ASP?PropertyID=580 (the link died, try http://web.archive.org/web/20051104220648/http://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/Property/PropforSale/ShowProperty.ASP?PropertyID=580). I checked (11/1/2002) the bidding was up to $10,500 by Siloman himself. On 4/4/2003 I checked and it is listed as sold, $36,000, to Cedar Breaks Ranch as of 12/4/2002.

Terraserver 44-24-26  101-55-50
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-2
"Horrible Heffalump"

Terraserver 44-19-03  101-56-56
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-3
"Mordor"

Terraserver 44-15-49  101-50-56
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-4
"Not Even Eeyore's"

Terraserver 44-13-13  101-57-39
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-5
"Durin's Bane"

Terraserver 44-15-51  102-02-01
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-6
"Mourning Dove"
Unusually long and curvy driveway.

Terraserver 44-10-55  102-02-53
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-7
"Katzenjammer"

Terraserver 44-13-42  102-12-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-8
"Sammy's"

Terraserver 44-16-47  102-08-47
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-9
"Nick's"

Terraserver 44-20-03  102-11-57
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-10
"Styx & Stones"

Terraserver 44-23-23  102-07-57
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() A-11
"Charon's Raft"
Slightly unusual driveway configuration.

Terraserver 44-05-56  102-17-02
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-1
"Contragate"

Terraserver 44-09-11  102-12-22
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-2
"Free Parking"

Terraserver 44-07-35  102-06-41
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-3
"McNamara's"

Terraserver 44-04-10  102-10-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-4
"Lost in Space"

Terraserver 43-59-23  102-09-38
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-5
"First Strike"
A little more distant from the road than usual.

Terraserver 43-55-38  102-14-13
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-6
"Open Gate"

Terraserver 44-01-20  102-17-11
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-7
"Admiral John's"

Terraserver 43-56-21  102-20-14
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-8
"Womb Envy"

Terraserver 44-02-19  102-22-48
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-9
"General Richard's"

Terraserver 44-10-43  102-22-47
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-10
"Gorbanifar's"

Terraserver 44-12-43  102-21-30
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() B-11
"Thieves and Knaves"
Darn faint. Also notice how the road stops at the site, and turns into a faint set of trails.

Terraserver 44-11-01  101-42-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-1
"Thermonuclear Warfare"

Terraserver 44-19-45  101-40-44
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-2
"Mike's Roadside Rest"

Terraserver 44-09-47  101-36-21
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-3
"The Missile Next Door"

Terraserver 44-05-47  101-40-08
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-4
"Darrell's Roadside Rest"
Siloman listed 44-04-59 101-41-11 which is a power substation (second image). A little searching revealed the correct location, 1.3 miles north-east.

Terraserver 44-01-36  101-43-29
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-5
"Berenson's Pride"

Terraserver 43-59-20  101-48-56
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-6
"Mundt's Muff"

Terraserver 44-04-50  101-47-44
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-7
"Rural Blight"

Terraserver 44-06-42  101-53-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-8
"Farewell to Arms"

Terraserver 44-06-41  101-58-49
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-9
"The Naked" missile

Terraserver 44-10-49  101-50-35
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-10
"Omnicide"

Terraserver 44-16-59  101-44-58
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() C-11
"Boeing Corporation"

Terraserver 43-52-40  101-57-41
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-1
"Mike and Beth's"
D-1 and D-9 are being preserved as a museum. The blast door photo is attributed to D-1.

Terraserver 44-02-12  101-56-44
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-2
"Grindstone"

Terraserver 43-57-53  101-55-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-3
"Transfiguration Plowshares"

Terraserver 43-54-46  101-48-05
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-4
"Harmonic Conversion"
The photo suggests that runoff from the site pools into a nearby depression.

Terraserver 43-50-36  101-50-20
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-5
"Lyle's Right"
Lots of vehicles in the enclosure, and a few in the driveway on August 19, 1991 when the photo was taken.

Terraserver 43-48-21  101-56-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-6
"Badlands Barry"

Terraserver 43-49-11  102-07-08
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-7
"Lost Vulture"

Terraserver 43-52-34  102-03-48
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-8
"Tom's"
Somewhat longer driveway than usual.

Terraserver 43-55-53  102-09-36
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-9
"Cassandra's"
D-1 and D-9 are being preserved as a museum. Siloman listed B-6's coordinates as D-9's, but Scott D. Murdock made a personal visit and provided the above. Looks like there was a vehicle inside the enclosure, and one outside, when the photo was taken.

Terraserver 43-57-36  102-03-29
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-10
"Jane's"

Terraserver 44-01-53  102-04-08
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() D-11
"Mona's"

Terraserver 43-55-12  101-28-52
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-1
"The Greenhouse/Gaudete"

Terraserver 44-03-23  101-27-03
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-2
"Jeremy's"
Unusually long driveway.

Terraserver 43-54-26  101-17-05
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-3
"Sarah's"

Terraserver 43-50-40  101-20-39
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-4
"Michael's"

Terraserver 43-51-12  101-27-40
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-5
"Carl Kline's"
Another clear example of a road dead-ending at a site.

Terraserver 43-49-58  101-33-48
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-6
"Susie's"

Terraserver 43-50-24  101-44-23
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-7
"Debbie's"

Terraserver 43-51-57  101-39-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-8
"Danny's"

Terraserver 43-56-19  101-39-46
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-9
"Mary Beth and Jim's"

Terraserver 43-58-11  101-33-37
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-10
"Mary's"

Terraserver 44-03-19  101-35-18
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() E-11
"Laurie's"

Terraserver 44-59-50  102-45-43
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-1
"Contra Connection"

Terraserver 45-04-21  102-44-41
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-2
"North Forty"

Terraserver 45-01-34  102-40-16
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-3
"Ollie's Folly"
In this photo, from April 1996, the site looks abandoned. The driveway looks poor, and the junction with the road appears obliterated.

Terraserver 45-01-30  102-34-15
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-4
"Fawn's Delight"

Terraserver 44-57-59  102-34-37
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-5
"Secord's Profit"

Terraserver 44-56-55  102-39-12
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-6
"Iran's Ire"

Terraserver 44-54-39  102-34-19
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-7
"Or is It Iraq?"

Terraserver 44-54-32  102-43-46
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-8
"Remember What?"

Terraserver 44-55-01  102-52-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-9
"Meese Truth"

Terraserver 44-58-14  102-56-05
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-10
"Reagan Knew"

Terraserver 45-00-50  102-51-02
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() F-11
"Bush, Too"

Terraserver 44-43-25  102-39-01
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-1
"The Heritage Connection"

Terraserver 44-46-25  102-32-02
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-2
"Many Farms"

Terraserver 44-41-17  102-33-52
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-3
"Life's Blood"

Terraserver 44-37-06  102-34-27
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-4
"Have Perished"

Terraserver 44-39-11  102-39-39
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-5
"Since We Began"
A circular structure near the northeast corner, probably unrelated.

Terraserver 44-36-36  102-48-19
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-6
"This Destruction"

Terraserver 44-41-45  102-47-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-7
"Choices Made"

Terraserver 44-44-51  102-56-23
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-8
"Hungry Children"

Terraserver 44-44-52  102-50-53
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-9
"Will Be Gone"

Terraserver 44-44-57  102-45-55
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-10
"If Nukes Remain"

Terraserver 44-49-05  102-40-12
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() G-11
"Top Priority"

Terraserver 44-27-43  102-48-55
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-1
"Hiroshima Denied"

Terraserver 44-33-36  102-43-31
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-2
"Angel Dust"

Terraserver 44-33-35  102-37-45
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-3
"George McGovern's 597 Vote"
George McGovern ran for President against Nixon, but the only "state" he won was Washington DC. I think the Nuclear Heartland nickname refers to his winning a Senate seat in 1962 by the very narrow margin of 597 votes. He was a strongly antiwar politician from South Dakota.

Terraserver 44-29-35  102-41-02
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-4
"Moscow Children's Hospital"

Terraserver 44-30-20  102-33-50
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-5
"Brokedown Palace"

Terraserver 44-25-55  102-33-49
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-6
"Picnic Canyon"

Terraserver 44-24-10  102-45-54
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-7
"Pro-Active"

Terraserver 44-22-27  102-51-05
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-8
"Why Die?"

Terraserver 44-26-06  102-55-12
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-9
"Terry Peak"
A longish driveway. The plowing patterns around the site are interesting, and remind me of a poorly jpeg-encoded image.

Terraserver 44-30-40  102-55-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-10
"Son of Sam"

Terraserver 44-32-01  102-49-31
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() H-11
"Charles Manson's"

Terraserver 44-36-10  102-18-57
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-1
"Melting Pot"

Terraserver 44-44-32  102-17-15
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-2
"Bad"

Terraserver 44-40-01  102-16-40
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-3
"Augustus Owsley Stanley III"
Augustus helped introduce LSD to the world, changing society (at least, American society). I understand he changed his name to Owsley Stanley in 1967 and is living in Australia (as of 2002). Most people call him Bear. He was involved with the Grateful Dead and other groups as a sound man. See www.thebear.org.

Terraserver 44-36-20  102-13-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-4
"Wart"

Terraserver 44-36-45  102-07-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-5
"Cap the Knife"

Terraserver 44-32-33  102-10-20
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-6
"Open Range"

Terraserver 44-30-30  102-28-49
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-7
"End of the Road"
Not 100% sure of this one, it's on the wrong side of the road compared to the directions in Nuclear Heartland.

Terraserver 44-34-29  102-29-44
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-8
"Jim Abdnor's Tunnel Vision"
Jim Abdnor was a Republican Senator from South Dakota.

Terraserver 44-36-13  102-24-07
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-9
"City on a Hill"
Interesting remnants of old access roads.

Terraserver 44-42-51  102-27-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-10
"Mustard"

Terraserver 44-42-05  102-21-30
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() I-11
"High Plains Panorama"

Terraserver 44-54-21  102-21-55
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-1
"Tear Down the Wall"
The color photo was donated by Eric Wuest and was taken circa September 1981. This is now the "Juliet 1 Bed and Breakfast" according to an article in the September 2005 AAFM newsletter, here, page 9. Open Tuesday through Saturday. Phone (605) 748-2244.

Terraserver 45-01-17  102-21-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-2
"Nappin' at the Summit"

Terraserver 45-01-28  102-15-17
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-3
"Peace Creeper"

Terraserver 45-01-19  102-08-37
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-4
"Kissinger's Reasoning"

Terraserver 44-56-46  102-12-26
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-5
"Unnamed"

Terraserver 44-53-11  102-14-59
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-6
"Pentagonia"
On March 8, 1983, one man of a two-man security team was shot and killed by his partner. The victim was identified as Daniel J. Kopp, age 20. The partner was not identified. I received a further explanation by email that there was a two-man security team on site as a Camper Alert Team (on site with a camper). One of the men was playing around with his gun, with a chambered round, which resulted in an accidental discharge directly into the victim. Mr. Kopp died at the scene despite CPR and a helicopter rescue team. A new policy was implemented forbidding a chambered round, at least for camper teams.

Terraserver 44-49-52  102-16-01
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-7
"Congressonia"

Terraserver 44-49-07  102-20-36
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-8
"Thatcher's Tether"

Terraserver 44-50-49  102-27-00
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-9
"Bush's Bet"

Terraserver 44-56-51  102-27-21
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-10
"Caspar's Envy"
Longish driveway.

Terraserver 45-01-32  102-27-49
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() J-11
"Dakota's Humiliation"

Terraserver 44-34-23  103-51-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-1
"Custer's Karma"

Terraserver 44-39-10  103-46-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-2
"Lori's Intuition"

Terraserver 44-37-15  103-41-14
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-3
"Bomb Bordello"

Terraserver 44-35-11  103-46-04
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-4
"Tower of Babel"
Amazingly, when the USGS took the photo in 1995, they captured two B-1 bombers along with the missile site. Lower-left, and middle-right.

Terraserver 44-31-53  103-41-31
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-5
"Shellout Falter"

Terraserver 44-26-29  103-41-17
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-6
"Posterity's Problem"

Terraserver 44-28-22  103-46-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-7
"Politician's Prattle"

Terraserver 44-31-34  103-56-14
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-8
"Hell Hole"

Terraserver 44-32-54  104-02-05
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-9
"The Mutt"
Siloman lists K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but close to the border. This is apparently an error originally in Robert Mueller's book "Air Force Bases: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States" and perpetuated by others. K-9 is directly across the highway from a rest area.

Terraserver 44-38-11  104-00-40
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-10
"Bane of Our Existence"
Siloman lists K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but close to the border. This is apparently an error originally in Robert Mueller's book "Air Force Bases: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States" and perpetuated by others. The full-size image shows impressive plowing patterns by the local farmer.

Terraserver 44-38-24  103-54-47
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() K-11
"Mission Impossible"

Terraserver 44-32-28  103-20-43
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-1
"Out to Launch"

Terraserver 44-36-55  103-20-42
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-2
"Prairie Tumor"
According to http://ed-thelen.org/MarkMorganTripReport3-01.html an accident damaged a re-entry vehicle (RV). December 5 1964; one retrorocket below the RV fired, sending the RV to the bottom of the silo. No nuclear or conventional detonation occured. This in turn is per Chuck Hansen's CD-ROM book "The Swords of Armageddon"

Terraserver 44-35-55  103-16-13
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-3
"Unlit Sky"

Terraserver 44-31-48  103-11-04
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-4
"Broken Arrow"

Terraserver 44-27-43  103-30-35
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-5
"Lauralea-Clark"

Terraserver 44-30-54  103-26-58
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-6
"Minds Being Wasted"

Terraserver 44-31-01  103-34-41
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-7
"Dr. Seuss"

Terraserver 44-35-03  103-33-59
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-8
"Mamen's Folly"

Terraserver 44-38-56  103-35-38
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-9
"Regretfully Yours"

Terraserver 44-35-08  103-26-12
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-10
"Orange Moon-Rise"

Terraserver 44-38-47  103-29-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() L-11
"Taxpayers' Children"

Terraserver 44-55-11  103-56-07
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-1
"No Accident"

Terraserver 45-02-04  103-53-00
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-2
"Meadowlark"

Terraserver 44-57-46  103-52-22
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-3
"Brown Pelican"

Terraserver 44-58-31  103-46-29
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-4
"Velvet Buck"

Terraserver 44-54-37  103-47-34
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-5
"Lame Doe"

Terraserver 44-52-01  103-52-18
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-6
"Killdeer"

Terraserver 44-47-44  103-50-39
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-7
"Kingbird"
Quite a long driveway. It appears to have connected to the "old highway" before 85 was built or upgraded, then extended along the original road to intersect with 85.

Terraserver 44-43-15  103-51-00
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-8
"Crow Creek"

Terraserver 44-44-55  103-57-01
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-9
"Twin Antelope"

Terraserver 44-48-10  104-02-15
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-10
"Prairie's Edge"

Terraserver 44-57-53  104-01-20
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() M-11
"Field of Clover"
Nuclear Heartland claims (and shows) this as on the left side of the road, it's on the right side (trivial quibble). It's also quite eroded-looking (photo from July 1996, after retirement).

Terraserver 44-47-42  103-30-09
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-1
"Human Misery"

Terraserver 44-51-22  103-25-23
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-2
"Hard Times"
N-2 is the only operational site I know of that actually launched a missile (with 7 seconds of fuel), on March 1 1965. See http://ed-thelen.org/MarkMorganTripReport3-01.html. (I'm not including Vandenberg or Edwards since those facilities were for testing/development). Called "Long Life" and briefly described at http://www.afmissileers.org/newsletters/NL1997/Aug97.pdf (page 8 #19). See also http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/44mw.htm and http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/~history/44mw.htm (link dead, WHY do Air Force Bases keep denying their history? Instead, try: http://web.archive.org/web/20030415203418/http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/~history/44mw.htm) which points out two additional launches were canceled, and that this was the only successful launch from an operational site (which I will disagree with, since Vandenberg's Titan II sites were operational at times). A photo of the launch is at http://www.siloworld.com/MISSILE%20TEMP/MINUTEMAN%20LAUNCH.htm. That the silo was refurbished rather than abandoned was clarified on the Yahoo missile_talk group, a fellow named Scotty says he was a November flight commander and states quit clearly the silo was fixed up and put back in service.

Terraserver 44-47-10  103-25-25
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-3
"Small is Beautiful"

Terraserver 44-43-30  103-20-45
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-4
"More with Less"
Unlike most other sites which are plain-looking because they are either active or destroyed, this one looks busy in a way. Since the photo is dated September 1997 (well after destruction was completed) this must be new, but what?

Terraserver 44-43-09  103-27-49
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-5
"Fall of America"

Terraserver 44-44-00  103-33-40
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-6
"Brave New World"

Terraserver 44-41-13  103-41-33
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-7
"Crazy Bald Head"

Terraserver 44-46-06  103-38-51
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-8
"Jah Love"

Terraserver 44-51-52  103-43-37
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-9
"Livestock at Large"

Terraserver 44-50-30  103-39-11
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-10
"Amber Waves"

Terraserver 44-54-38  103-38-54
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() N-11
"Siberian"

Terraserver 44-55-29  103-14-13
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-1
"Castle Rock"

Terraserver 45-00-44  103-02-22
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-2
"Supply and Demand"

Terraserver 44-57-32  103-08-14
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-3
"The Gang's All Here"

Terraserver 44-55-16  103-01-15
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-4
"Winston Smith"

Terraserver 44-52-30  103-06-27
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-5
"Big Brother"
Quite a long driveway.

Terraserver 44-49-58  103-11-51
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-6
"Timothy Leary"

Terraserver 44-47-17  103-16-28
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-7
"Dain Bramage"

Terraserver 44-51-48  103-17-36
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-8
"Be Here Now"

Terraserver 44-56-47  103-25-20
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-9
"Jimi Hendrix"

Terraserver 44-57-15  103-20-12
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-10
"Trickle Down"
The "trickle down" theory of finance was popular at the time, and largely ridiculed.

Terraserver 45-00-57  103-25-21
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() O-11
"Nuremberg...Ha!"

Terraserver 44-08-57  103-05-26
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() Training Silo
The training silo, known as the Minuteman Maintenance & Procedures Trainer. The site may be part of the South Dakota Air & Space Museum and was included on minibus tours of the base but with the current (2003) security climate it may not be possible to tour the base. The photo was taken in April of 1997 which is well after all of Ellsworth's missiles were pulled and launch facilities destroyed. (I originally listed this at 44-09-19 103-05-17 but that turns out to be a power substation; Tim Brewer corrected me in August of 2007).

Terraserver 44-10-05  103-06-30
? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota
() WSA
Based on the impressive perimeter fence, this looks like the Weapons Storage Area (WSA).

Terraserver	44-19-53 102-03-04 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-1 "Pumpkin's Pride"
Laid out at interesting angles, not north-south. October 21 2002, this site was being offered for sale, see http://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/Property/PropforSale/ShowProperty.ASP?PropertyID=580 (the link died, try http://web.archive.org/web/20051104220648/http://propertydisposal.gsa.gov/Property/PropforSale/ShowProperty.ASP?PropertyID=580). I checked (11/1/2002) the bidding was up to $10,500 by Siloman himself. On 4/4/2003 I checked and it is listed as sold, $36,000, to Cedar Breaks Ranch as of 12/4/2002.
Terraserver	44-24-26 101-55-50 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-2 "Horrible Heffalump"

Terraserver	44-19-03 101-56-56 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-3 "Mordor"

Terraserver	44-15-49 101-50-56 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-4 "Not Even Eeyore's"

Terraserver	44-13-13 101-57-39 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-5 "Durin's Bane"

Terraserver	44-15-51 102-02-01 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-6 "Mourning Dove"
Unusually long and curvy driveway.
Terraserver	44-10-55 102-02-53 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-7 "Katzenjammer"

Terraserver	44-13-42 102-12-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-8 "Sammy's"

Terraserver	44-16-47 102-08-47 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-9 "Nick's"

Terraserver	44-20-03 102-11-57 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-10 "Styx & Stones"

Terraserver	44-23-23 102-07-57 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	A-11 "Charon's Raft"
Slightly unusual driveway configuration.

Terraserver	44-05-56 102-17-02 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-1 "Contragate"

Terraserver	44-09-11 102-12-22 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-2 "Free Parking"

Terraserver	44-07-35 102-06-41 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-3 "McNamara's"

Terraserver	44-04-10 102-10-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-4 "Lost in Space"

Terraserver	43-59-23 102-09-38 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-5 "First Strike"
A little more distant from the road than usual.
Terraserver	43-55-38 102-14-13 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-6 "Open Gate"

Terraserver	44-01-20 102-17-11 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-7 "Admiral John's"

Terraserver	43-56-21 102-20-14 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-8 "Womb Envy"

Terraserver	44-02-19 102-22-48 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-9 "General Richard's"

Terraserver	44-10-43 102-22-47 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-10 "Gorbanifar's"

Terraserver	44-12-43 102-21-30 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	B-11 "Thieves and Knaves"
Darn faint. Also notice how the road stops at the site, and turns into a faint set of trails.

Terraserver	44-11-01 101-42-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-1 "Thermonuclear Warfare"

Terraserver	44-19-45 101-40-44 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-2 "Mike's Roadside Rest"

Terraserver	44-09-47 101-36-21 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-3 "The Missile Next Door"

Terraserver	44-05-47 101-40-08 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-4 "Darrell's Roadside Rest"
Siloman listed 44-04-59 101-41-11 which is a power substation (second image). A little searching revealed the correct location, 1.3 miles north-east.
Terraserver	44-01-36 101-43-29 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-5 "Berenson's Pride"

Terraserver	43-59-20 101-48-56 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-6 "Mundt's Muff"

Terraserver	44-04-50 101-47-44 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-7 "Rural Blight"

Terraserver	44-06-42 101-53-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-8 "Farewell to Arms"

Terraserver	44-06-41 101-58-49 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-9 "The Naked" missile

Terraserver	44-10-49 101-50-35 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-10 "Omnicide"

Terraserver	44-16-59 101-44-58 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	C-11 "Boeing Corporation"

Terraserver	43-52-40 101-57-41 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-1 "Mike and Beth's"
D-1 and D-9 are being preserved as a museum. The blast door photo is attributed to D-1.
Terraserver	44-02-12 101-56-44 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-2 "Grindstone"

Terraserver	43-57-53 101-55-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-3 "Transfiguration Plowshares"

Terraserver	43-54-46 101-48-05 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-4 "Harmonic Conversion"
The photo suggests that runoff from the site pools into a nearby depression.
Terraserver	43-50-36 101-50-20 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-5 "Lyle's Right"
Lots of vehicles in the enclosure, and a few in the driveway on August 19, 1991 when the photo was taken.
Terraserver	43-48-21 101-56-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-6 "Badlands Barry"

Terraserver	43-49-11 102-07-08 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-7 "Lost Vulture"

Terraserver	43-52-34 102-03-48 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-8 "Tom's"
Somewhat longer driveway than usual.
Terraserver	43-55-53 102-09-36 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-9 "Cassandra's"
D-1 and D-9 are being preserved as a museum. Siloman listed B-6's coordinates as D-9's, but Scott D. Murdock made a personal visit and provided the above. Looks like there was a vehicle inside the enclosure, and one outside, when the photo was taken.
Terraserver	43-57-36 102-03-29 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-10 "Jane's"

Terraserver	44-01-53 102-04-08 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	D-11 "Mona's"

Terraserver	43-55-12 101-28-52 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-1 "The Greenhouse/Gaudete"

Terraserver	44-03-23 101-27-03 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-2 "Jeremy's"
Unusually long driveway.
Terraserver	43-54-26 101-17-05 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-3 "Sarah's"

Terraserver	43-50-40 101-20-39 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-4 "Michael's"

Terraserver	43-51-12 101-27-40 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-5 "Carl Kline's"
Another clear example of a road dead-ending at a site.
Terraserver	43-49-58 101-33-48 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-6 "Susie's"

Terraserver	43-50-24 101-44-23 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-7 "Debbie's"

Terraserver	43-51-57 101-39-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-8 "Danny's"

Terraserver	43-56-19 101-39-46 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-9 "Mary Beth and Jim's"

Terraserver	43-58-11 101-33-37 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-10 "Mary's"

Terraserver	44-03-19 101-35-18 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	E-11 "Laurie's"

Terraserver	44-59-50 102-45-43 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-1 "Contra Connection"

Terraserver	45-04-21 102-44-41 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-2 "North Forty"

Terraserver	45-01-34 102-40-16 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-3 "Ollie's Folly"
In this photo, from April 1996, the site looks abandoned. The driveway looks poor, and the junction with the road appears obliterated.
Terraserver	45-01-30 102-34-15 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-4 "Fawn's Delight"

Terraserver	44-57-59 102-34-37 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-5 "Secord's Profit"

Terraserver	44-56-55 102-39-12 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-6 "Iran's Ire"

Terraserver	44-54-39 102-34-19 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-7 "Or is It Iraq?"

Terraserver	44-54-32 102-43-46 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-8 "Remember What?"

Terraserver	44-55-01 102-52-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-9 "Meese Truth"

Terraserver	44-58-14 102-56-05 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-10 "Reagan Knew"

Terraserver	45-00-50 102-51-02 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	F-11 "Bush, Too"

Terraserver	44-43-25 102-39-01 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-1 "The Heritage Connection"

Terraserver	44-46-25 102-32-02 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-2 "Many Farms"

Terraserver	44-41-17 102-33-52 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-3 "Life's Blood"

Terraserver	44-37-06 102-34-27 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-4 "Have Perished"

Terraserver	44-39-11 102-39-39 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-5 "Since We Began"
A circular structure near the northeast corner, probably unrelated.
Terraserver	44-36-36 102-48-19 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-6 "This Destruction"

Terraserver	44-41-45 102-47-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-7 "Choices Made"

Terraserver	44-44-51 102-56-23 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-8 "Hungry Children"

Terraserver	44-44-52 102-50-53 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-9 "Will Be Gone"

Terraserver	44-44-57 102-45-55 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-10 "If Nukes Remain"

Terraserver	44-49-05 102-40-12 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	G-11 "Top Priority"

Terraserver	44-27-43 102-48-55 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-1 "Hiroshima Denied"

Terraserver	44-33-36 102-43-31 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-2 "Angel Dust"

Terraserver	44-33-35 102-37-45 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-3 "George McGovern's 597 Vote"
George McGovern ran for President against Nixon, but the only "state" he won was Washington DC. I think the Nuclear Heartland nickname refers to his winning a Senate seat in 1962 by the very narrow margin of 597 votes. He was a strongly antiwar politician from South Dakota.
Terraserver	44-29-35 102-41-02 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-4 "Moscow Children's Hospital"

Terraserver	44-30-20 102-33-50 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-5 "Brokedown Palace"

Terraserver	44-25-55 102-33-49 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-6 "Picnic Canyon"

Terraserver	44-24-10 102-45-54 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-7 "Pro-Active"

Terraserver	44-22-27 102-51-05 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-8 "Why Die?"

Terraserver	44-26-06 102-55-12 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-9 "Terry Peak"
A longish driveway. The plowing patterns around the site are interesting, and remind me of a poorly jpeg-encoded image.
Terraserver	44-30-40 102-55-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-10 "Son of Sam"

Terraserver	44-32-01 102-49-31 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	H-11 "Charles Manson's"

Terraserver	44-36-10 102-18-57 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-1 "Melting Pot"

Terraserver	44-44-32 102-17-15 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-2 "Bad"

Terraserver	44-40-01 102-16-40 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-3 "Augustus Owsley Stanley III"
Augustus helped introduce LSD to the world, changing society (at least, American society). I understand he changed his name to Owsley Stanley in 1967 and is living in Australia (as of 2002). Most people call him Bear. He was involved with the Grateful Dead and other groups as a sound man. See www.thebear.org.
Terraserver	44-36-20 102-13-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-4 "Wart"

Terraserver	44-36-45 102-07-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-5 "Cap the Knife"

Terraserver	44-32-33 102-10-20 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-6 "Open Range"

Terraserver	44-30-30 102-28-49 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-7 "End of the Road"
Not 100% sure of this one, it's on the wrong side of the road compared to the directions in Nuclear Heartland.
Terraserver	44-34-29 102-29-44 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-8 "Jim Abdnor's Tunnel Vision"
Jim Abdnor was a Republican Senator from South Dakota.
Terraserver	44-36-13 102-24-07 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-9 "City on a Hill"
Interesting remnants of old access roads.
Terraserver	44-42-51 102-27-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-10 "Mustard"

Terraserver	44-42-05 102-21-30 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	I-11 "High Plains Panorama"

Terraserver	44-54-21 102-21-55 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-1 "Tear Down the Wall"
The color photo was donated by Eric Wuest and was taken circa September 1981. This is now the "Juliet 1 Bed and Breakfast" according to an article in the September 2005 AAFM newsletter, here, page 9. Open Tuesday through Saturday. Phone (605) 748-2244.
Terraserver	45-01-17 102-21-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-2 "Nappin' at the Summit"

Terraserver	45-01-28 102-15-17 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-3 "Peace Creeper"

Terraserver	45-01-19 102-08-37 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-4 "Kissinger's Reasoning"

Terraserver	44-56-46 102-12-26 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-5 "Unnamed"

Terraserver	44-53-11 102-14-59 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-6 "Pentagonia"
On March 8, 1983, one man of a two-man security team was shot and killed by his partner. The victim was identified as Daniel J. Kopp, age 20. The partner was not identified. I received a further explanation by email that there was a two-man security team on site as a Camper Alert Team (on site with a camper). One of the men was playing around with his gun, with a chambered round, which resulted in an accidental discharge directly into the victim. Mr. Kopp died at the scene despite CPR and a helicopter rescue team. A new policy was implemented forbidding a chambered round, at least for camper teams.
Terraserver	44-49-52 102-16-01 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-7 "Congressonia"

Terraserver	44-49-07 102-20-36 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-8 "Thatcher's Tether"

Terraserver	44-50-49 102-27-00 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-9 "Bush's Bet"

Terraserver	44-56-51 102-27-21 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-10 "Caspar's Envy"
Longish driveway.
Terraserver	45-01-32 102-27-49 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	J-11 "Dakota's Humiliation"

Terraserver	44-34-23 103-51-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-1 "Custer's Karma"

Terraserver	44-39-10 103-46-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-2 "Lori's Intuition"

Terraserver	44-37-15 103-41-14 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-3 "Bomb Bordello"

Terraserver	44-35-11 103-46-04 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-4 "Tower of Babel"
Amazingly, when the USGS took the photo in 1995, they captured two B-1 bombers along with the missile site. Lower-left, and middle-right.
Terraserver	44-31-53 103-41-31 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-5 "Shellout Falter"

Terraserver	44-26-29 103-41-17 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-6 "Posterity's Problem"

Terraserver	44-28-22 103-46-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-7 "Politician's Prattle"

Terraserver	44-31-34 103-56-14 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-8 "Hell Hole"

Terraserver	44-32-54 104-02-05 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-9 "The Mutt"
Siloman lists K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but close to the border. This is apparently an error originally in Robert Mueller's book "Air Force Bases: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States" and perpetuated by others. K-9 is directly across the highway from a rest area.
Terraserver	44-38-11 104-00-40 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-10 "Bane of Our Existence"
Siloman lists K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but close to the border. This is apparently an error originally in Robert Mueller's book "Air Force Bases: Active Air Force Bases Within the United States" and perpetuated by others. The full-size image shows impressive plowing patterns by the local farmer.
Terraserver	44-38-24 103-54-47 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	K-11 "Mission Impossible"

Terraserver	44-32-28 103-20-43 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-1 "Out to Launch"

Terraserver	44-36-55 103-20-42 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-2 "Prairie Tumor"
According to http://ed-thelen.org/MarkMorganTripReport3-01.html an accident damaged a re-entry vehicle (RV). December 5 1964; one retrorocket below the RV fired, sending the RV to the bottom of the silo. No nuclear or conventional detonation occured. This in turn is per Chuck Hansen's CD-ROM book "The Swords of Armageddon"
Terraserver	44-35-55 103-16-13 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-3 "Unlit Sky"

Terraserver	44-31-48 103-11-04 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-4 "Broken Arrow"

Terraserver	44-27-43 103-30-35 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-5 "Lauralea-Clark"

Terraserver	44-30-54 103-26-58 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-6 "Minds Being Wasted"

Terraserver	44-31-01 103-34-41 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-7 "Dr. Seuss"

Terraserver	44-35-03 103-33-59 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-8 "Mamen's Folly"

Terraserver	44-38-56 103-35-38 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-9 "Regretfully Yours"

Terraserver	44-35-08 103-26-12 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-10 "Orange Moon-Rise"

Terraserver	44-38-47 103-29-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	L-11 "Taxpayers' Children"

Terraserver	44-55-11 103-56-07 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-1 "No Accident"

Terraserver	45-02-04 103-53-00 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-2 "Meadowlark"

Terraserver	44-57-46 103-52-22 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-3 "Brown Pelican"

Terraserver	44-58-31 103-46-29 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-4 "Velvet Buck"

Terraserver	44-54-37 103-47-34 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-5 "Lame Doe"

Terraserver	44-52-01 103-52-18 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-6 "Killdeer"

Terraserver	44-47-44 103-50-39 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-7 "Kingbird"
Quite a long driveway. It appears to have connected to the "old highway" before 85 was built or upgraded, then extended along the original road to intersect with 85.
Terraserver	44-43-15 103-51-00 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-8 "Crow Creek"

Terraserver	44-44-55 103-57-01 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-9 "Twin Antelope"

Terraserver	44-48-10 104-02-15 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-10 "Prairie's Edge"

Terraserver	44-57-53 104-01-20 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	M-11 "Field of Clover"
Nuclear Heartland claims (and shows) this as on the left side of the road, it's on the right side (trivial quibble). It's also quite eroded-looking (photo from July 1996, after retirement).

Terraserver	44-47-42 103-30-09 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-1 "Human Misery"

Terraserver	44-51-22 103-25-23 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-2 "Hard Times"
N-2 is the only operational site I know of that actually launched a missile (with 7 seconds of fuel), on March 1 1965. See http://ed-thelen.org/MarkMorganTripReport3-01.html. (I'm not including Vandenberg or Edwards since those facilities were for testing/development). Called "Long Life" and briefly described at http://www.afmissileers.org/newsletters/NL1997/Aug97.pdf (page 8 #19). See also http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/agency/44mw.htm and http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/~history/44mw.htm (link dead, WHY do Air Force Bases keep denying their history? Instead, try: http://web.archive.org/web/20030415203418/http://www.ellsworth.af.mil/~history/44mw.htm) which points out two additional launches were canceled, and that this was the only successful launch from an operational site (which I will disagree with, since Vandenberg's Titan II sites were operational at times). A photo of the launch is at http://www.siloworld.com/MISSILE%20TEMP/MINUTEMAN%20LAUNCH.htm. That the silo was refurbished rather than abandoned was clarified on the Yahoo missile_talk group, a fellow named Scotty says he was a November flight commander and states quit clearly the silo was fixed up and put back in service.
Terraserver	44-47-10 103-25-25 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-3 "Small is Beautiful"

Terraserver	44-43-30 103-20-45 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-4 "More with Less"
Unlike most other sites which are plain-looking because they are either active or destroyed, this one looks busy in a way. Since the photo is dated September 1997 (well after destruction was completed) this must be new, but what?
Terraserver	44-43-09 103-27-49 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-5 "Fall of America"

Terraserver	44-44-00 103-33-40 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-6 "Brave New World"

Terraserver	44-41-13 103-41-33 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-7 "Crazy Bald Head"

Terraserver	44-46-06 103-38-51 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-8 "Jah Love"

Terraserver	44-51-52 103-43-37 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-9 "Livestock at Large"

Terraserver	44-50-30 103-39-11 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-10 "Amber Waves"

Terraserver	44-54-38 103-38-54 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	N-11 "Siberian"

Terraserver	44-55-29 103-14-13 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-1 "Castle Rock"

Terraserver	45-00-44 103-02-22 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-2 "Supply and Demand"

Terraserver	44-57-32 103-08-14 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-3 "The Gang's All Here"

Terraserver	44-55-16 103-01-15 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-4 "Winston Smith"

Terraserver	44-52-30 103-06-27 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-5 "Big Brother"
Quite a long driveway.
Terraserver	44-49-58 103-11-51 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-6 "Timothy Leary"

Terraserver	44-47-17 103-16-28 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-7 "Dain Bramage"

Terraserver	44-51-48 103-17-36 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-8 "Be Here Now"

Terraserver	44-56-47 103-25-20 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-9 "Jimi Hendrix"

Terraserver	44-57-15 103-20-12 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-10 "Trickle Down"
The "trickle down" theory of finance was popular at the time, and largely ridiculed.
Terraserver	45-00-57 103-25-21 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	O-11 "Nuremberg...Ha!"

Terraserver	44-08-57 103-05-26 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	Training Silo
The training silo, known as the Minuteman Maintenance & Procedures Trainer. The site may be part of the South Dakota Air & Space Museum and was included on minibus tours of the base but with the current (2003) security climate it may not be possible to tour the base. The photo was taken in April of 1997 which is well after all of Ellsworth's missiles were pulled and launch facilities destroyed. (I originally listed this at 44-09-19 103-05-17 but that turns out to be a power substation; Tim Brewer corrected me in August of 2007).
Terraserver	44-10-05 103-06-30 ? miles ? Rapid City South Dakota ()	WSA
Based on the impressive perimeter fence, this looks like the Weapons Storage Area (WSA).