Malmstrom Air Force Base, located in western Montana on the edge of Great Falls, initially had 150 Minuteman I missiles. These were in place by the middle 1960s, and were upgraded to Minuteman II by April 22 1967 (though another source, the book "From Snark to Peacekeeper" suggests conversion was completed May 30 1969). At the same time, 50 more silos were constructed as Minuteman II sites which were upgraded to Minuteman III around 1975 (completed July 8 1975). The 150 older sites were then upgraded to Minuteman III between 1991 and 1997. Malmstrom thus has 200 Minuteman III missiles.
Because of the strange mix of construction, flights A through O follow "Boeing" numbering, cycling from 1 to 11 over and over, while flights P through T follow "Sylvania" numbering from 1 to 50 except the MAFs are always site zero. Further, the first 150 LFs appear to be laid out as a sort of mirror image from others in that the silo is on the east side of center, while the last 50 are more conventional with the silo on the west side of center. It appears the last 50 are more closely spaced, as well. Another oddity is that the northeast corner of the last 50 LFs is chopped off.
(Patch images courtesy of Malmstrom's web site).
The people: Malmstrom's Minuteman missiles are overseen by the 341st Missile Wing which includes the 10th MS, 12th MS, 490th MS, 564th MS, and many others. The 341st was activated on July 15 1961, just three weeks after it was inactivated as a B-47 bomber unit.
On January 26, 2007, it became apparent that the 564th's sites may be retired. These are the ones originally built for Minuteman II and are thus considerably different from the rest and therefore create additional costs. This was explained in an article from the Associated Press, available on the Air Force's AIM Points web site, here. And it's discussed briefly in http://www.afa.org/magazine/june2007/0607minuteman.ASP. On July 2, 2007, it was confirmed that these missiles will in fact be retired: http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/07/02/news/state/16-stockpile.txt.
Other resources:
I understand that Malmstrom's runway has been closed but is still maintained. Helicopter operations continue, which are required by the missile sites.
I must say, Terraserver was awful for Montana. There were far more places with no photos than other areas. Remember, they promised complete photo coverage by the end of 2001. As of February 2003 there were still a lot missing. Even USGS is bad, in that many of the topo maps are provisional rather than final. It's as though they just discovered Montana exists. (5/9/2003 I went back, and several sites now have photos). (6/3/2004 They finally seem to have photos of most sites).
Flights are denoted by a letter of the alphabet followed by a number, with the first in each flight being the Missile Alert Facility (MAF) which consists of an above-ground structure plus an underground Launch Control Center (LCC) staffed by two people. The Launch Facilities (LFs, i.e. missile silos) are connected to the MAF/LCC by hardened cable systems. The first 15 flights are denoted by a letter of the alphabet followed by 1 through 11, with #1 being the Missile Alert Facility (MAF). The 5 remaining flights all use number zero for the MAF, and numbers from 1 to 50 for the LFs. The Launch Facilities (LFs, i.e. missile silos) are connected to the MAF/LCC by hardened cable systems. For humor, I also include the nicknames given in Nuclear Heartland.
Terraserver | 47-16-55 110-48-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-1 "Mountain Life Community" |
| This looks like it was quite a construction project, with a large cut on the south side, and part of the facility was put on the other side of the highway. A-1 was the first Minuteman LCC activated, in time to be available during the Cuban Missile Crisis in late 1962. | ||
Terraserver | 47-22-22 110-47-32 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-2 "Joy's" |
Terraserver | 47-20-24 110-40-21 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-3 "David's" |
Terraserver | 47-10-56 110-43-40 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-4 "Richard's" |
Terraserver | 47-03-03 110-40-12 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-5 "Siksikauw" |
Terraserver | 47-03-42 110-48-38 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-6 "Tom's" |
Terraserver | 47-09-45 110-50-38 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-7 "Nasen Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-10-44 110-58-12 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-8 "Lucinda's" |
Terraserver | 47-16-39 111-09-01 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-9 "Perry's" |
Terraserver | 47-18-15 111-01-17 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-10 "Nan's" |
Terraserver | 47-23-30 110-54-51 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | A-11 "Bryan's" |
Terraserver | 47-17-07 110-21-38 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-1 "The Moscow Group for Trust" |
Terraserver | 47-18-42 110-10-08 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-2 "Irena's" |
Terraserver | 47-23-19 110-04-00 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-3 "Antipersonnel" |
Terraserver | 47-17-39 110-02-40 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-4 "Olga's" |
Terraserver | 47-14-03 110-11-36 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-5 "Wolf Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-08-58 110-22-16 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-6 "Surprise Creek" |
| Long driveway, blurry photography. | ||
Terraserver | 47-13-53 110-27-27 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-7 "Mean-Spirited" |
Terraserver | 47-15-15 110-34-25 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-8 "Sergei's" |
Terraserver | 47-19-05 110-29-17 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-9 "Arrow Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-23-45 110-34-31 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-10 "Highwood Mountains" |
Terraserver | 47-22-59 110-25-49 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | B-11 "Alexander's" |
Terraserver | 47-05-44 110-09-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-1 "Nuclear Train Campaign" |
Terraserver | 47-10-20 110-06-27 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-2 "Carol's" |
Terraserver | 47-11-11 109-55-30 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-3 "Sage Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-07-33 110-00-31 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-4 "Luna's" |
Terraserver | 47-02-23 110-01-56 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-5 "Mike's" |
Terraserver | 46-57-43 110-06-10 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-6 "Bipartisan" |
Terraserver | 46-54-24 110-13-31 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-7 "Burning Bodies" |
Terraserver | 46-58-52 110-17-12 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-8 "Montana Women Initiating Nuclear Disarmament" |
Terraserver | 47-01-35 110-24-34 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-9 "Sue's" |
Terraserver | 47-04-33 110-18-23 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-10 "Running Wolf Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-09-33 110-14-25 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | C-11 "Radiation Sickness" |
| Right next to the town of Stanford and their airport. | ||
Terraserver | 47-22-35 109-48-54 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-1 "Green Party" |
Terraserver | 47-32-39 109-46-16 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-2 "Bonnie's" |
Terraserver | 47-33-47 109-37-36 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-3 "Butch's" |
| If the Terraserver photo isn't distorted, this is an unusal site in that the enclosure is almost square. | ||
Terraserver | 47-28-48 109-38-27 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-4 "Tim's" |
Terraserver | 47-23-47 109-41-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-5 "Paul N.'s" |
Terraserver | 47-14-41 109-38-14 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-6 "Dementia" |
Terraserver | 47-16-29 109-45-02 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-7 "Joe's" |
Terraserver | 47-16-18 109-52-27 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-8 "Jesus Wept" |
Terraserver | 47-20-51 109-57-24 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-9 "Shameless Swaggering" |
Terraserver | 47-26-30 109-58-24 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-10 "Coffee Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-28-03 109-49-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | D-11 "Blood Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-27-12 109-25-03 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-1 "New Zealand Nuclear Free" |
Terraserver | 47-38-42 109-20-32 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-2 "Missouri River Breaks" |
Terraserver | 47-31-35 109-20-46 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-3 "Melting Cities" |
Terraserver | 47-35-07 109-14-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-4 "Cut Bank Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-29-50 109-13-53 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-5 "Rolling Hills" |
Terraserver | 47-24-55 109-18-41 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-6 "Indefensible" |
| Looks like a vehicle in the enclosure. | ||
Terraserver | 47-20-05 109-21-40 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-7 "Moulton" |
Terraserver | 47-18-20 109-32-52 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-8 "North Moccasin Mountains" |
Terraserver | 47-23-07 109-29-24 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-9 "Box Elder Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-29-29 109-30-57 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-10 "Salt Creek Pines" |
| Unusually long and not-straight driveway. | ||
Terraserver | 47-34-57 109-26-23 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | E-11 "Pluto's Bayonet" |
Terraserver | 47-36-17 112-18-38 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-1 "Greenpeace" |
Terraserver | 47-47-42 112-14-00 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-2 "Burd Hill" |
Terraserver | 47-40-44 112-14-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-3 "Roundup Coulee" |
| Terraserver still has no photos (11/28/2007) but I'm told these are the correct coordinates, and it checks with Google Earth. | ||
Terraserver | 47-34-59 112-08-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-4 "Sun River" |
| A curious curved driveway leading to a west entrance where a south entrance might be expected, and an unusual example of a presumably unrelated road taking off from the site's driveway. | ||
Terraserver | 47-29-24 112-13-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-5 "Bickle" |
Terraserver | 47-31-45 112-21-40 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-6 "Ramrod" |
Terraserver | 47-27-00 112-27-01 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-7 "Ashes In Our Mouths" |
Terraserver | 47-38-51 112-25-39 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-8 "Clemons Coulee" |
| This LF is pictured on the cover of Nuclear Heartland. Terraserver still has no photos (11/28/2007) but I'm told these are the correct coordinates and they check with Google Earth. | ||
Terraserver | 47-44-20 112-30-46 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-9 "Emma Goldman" |
Terraserver | 47-49-18 112-28-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-10 "Arms Control" |
Terraserver | 47-44-33 112-21-59 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | F-11 "Willow Creek" |
| Terraserver still has no photos (11/28/2007) but I'm told these coordinates are correct, and they check with Google Earth. | ||
Terraserver | 47-19-32 112-05-30 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-1 "Last Chance Peacemakers Coalition" |
Terraserver | 47-23-38 112-01-21 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-2 "Iron Hill" |
Terraserver | 47-23-47 111-53-07 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-3 "St. John's Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-20-29 111-47-25 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-4 "White Wind Stone" |
Terraserver | 47-18-22 111-54-22 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-5 "St. Peter Mission" |
Terraserver | 47-14-02 112-05-18 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-6 "Twin Bridge Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-13-52 112-13-33 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-7 "Auchard Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-15-11 112-21-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-8 "Wrangle Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-20-12 112-13-27 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-9 "Flat Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-25-07 112-17-29 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-10 "Dry Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-24-40 112-08-40 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | G-11 "Simms Creek" |
| Darn long driveway on this one. | ||
Terraserver | 47-41-48 111-56-33 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-1 "Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp" |
Terraserver | 47-47-45 111-46-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-2 "Living Hell" |
Terraserver | 47-42-42 111-47-14 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-3 "Fairfield Bench" |
Terraserver | 47-37-09 111-40-34 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-4 "We Don't Think About It" |
Terraserver | 47-34-56 111-50-24 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-5 "Hillside" |
Terraserver | 47-27-45 111-48-34 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-6 "Shaw Butte" |
Terraserver | 47-28-42 111-58-03 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-7 "Humankind Booby-Trapped" |
Terraserver | 47-30-11 112-05-11 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-8 "Butte Canal" |
Terraserver | 47-36-19 112-01-43 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-9 "Starving Millions" |
Terraserver | 47-44-28 112-08-03 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-10 "Priest Butte" |
| Terraserver still has no photos here (11/28/2007, though they got close) but it should be around here somewhere; these coordinates were checked with Google Earth. | ||
Terraserver | 47-46-54 111-59-21 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | H-11 "Big Sky" |
Terraserver | 47-18-45 111-28-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-1 "Save All Living Things" |
Terraserver | 47-15-26 111-16-38 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-2 "Extreme Prejudice" |
Terraserver | 47-12-11 111-27-18 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-3 "Spanish Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-08-53 111-33-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-4 "Bird Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-14-04 111-34-43 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-5 "Cameron" |
Terraserver | 47-17-53 111-41-08 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-6 "Hate Filled" |
Terraserver | 47-21-48 111-35-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-7 "Muddy Creek" |
| Nuclear Heartland got this one wrong. It says to go south on 330, but in fact you want to go southwest on the frontage road of I-15. | ||
Terraserver | 47-24-32 111-42-31 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-8 "Square Butte" |
Terraserver | 47-29-46 111-40-51 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-9 "Blind Worship" |
Terraserver | 47-33-58 111-32-02 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-10 "American Dream" |
Terraserver | 47-29-00 111-30-37 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | I-11 "Money Is No Object" |
Terraserver | 47-45-08 111-32-46 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-1 "Easter Peace Celebration" |
Terraserver | 47-50-31 111-31-21 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-2 "John's" |
Terraserver | 47-49-47 111-23-51 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-3 "Spencer Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-50-06 111-15-18 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-4 "Cheryl's" |
| An unusually bad image, as though the site were paved with mirrors. | ||
Terraserver | 47-47-25 111-04-17 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-5 "Decent, God-Fearing" |
Terraserver | 47-45-19 111-19-08 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-6 "Bootlegger Trail" |
Terraserver | 47-45-06 111-11-48 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-7 "Huntley Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-41-50 111-25-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-8 "Benton Lake" |
Terraserver | 47-39-19 111-32-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-9 "Terry's" |
Terraserver | 47-42-51 111-39-29 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-10 "Power Crazy" |
| Next to the town of Power, hence the nickname. | ||
Terraserver | 47-48-53 111-38-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | J-11 "Darla's" |
Terraserver | 46-26-43 109-48-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-1 "General Assembly to Stop the Powerline to Minnesota" |
Terraserver | 46-31-32 109-45-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-2 "Innumerable Kiloton" |
Terraserver | 46-29-49 109-37-15 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-3 "Roberts Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-28-29 109-29-07 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-4 "Honored and Glorified" |
Terraserver | 46-23-44 109-31-36 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-5 "Hilltop" |
Terraserver | 46-24-43 109-41-23 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-6 "Mussellshell River" |
| A trivial matter, the topo map says "Musselshell" while Nuclear Heartland's nickname spells it "Mussellshell". Meanwhile, note the very long driveway. | ||
Terraserver | 46-18-08 109-31-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-7 "Mud Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-22-16 109-51-43 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-8 "Crazy Mountain View" |
| Terraserver has no photos (11/28/2007) but I'm told these coordinates are correct, and checked with Google Earth. | ||
Terraserver | 46-29-27 109-59-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-9 "Mexican John Creek" |
| The directions in Nuclear Heartland are wrong, they should read "...go west 5.2 miles on U.S. 12, then right 1 mile, then left 1 mile, then right 3 miles, then left 1.4 miles...". | ||
Terraserver | 46-31-59 109-53-30 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-10 "Spring Prairie Flower" |
Terraserver | 46-35-59 109-58-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | K-11 "Hopley Creek Gulch" |
Terraserver | 46-41-40 109-44-29 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-1 "Charter 77 of Czechoslovakia" |
| In 1977 in communist Czechoslovakia, dissidents formed and signed a petition called Charter 77, demanding basic human rights that were already guaranteed under the Czech consitution and the Helsinki accords. The government proceeded to harass those who had signed the petition. | ||
Terraserver | 46-50-55 109-39-15 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-2 "Little Trout Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-40-12 109-37-18 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-3 "Escalation Dominance" |
| Peculiar. It almost looks like they went out of their way to locate it right next to a creek. | ||
Terraserver | 46-38-58 109-30-08 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-4 "Timber Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-33-43 109-30-48 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-5 "Little Careless Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-35-11 109-38-22 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-6 "Blake Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-36-30 109-45-43 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-7 "Armed Robbery" |
Terraserver | 46-40-46 109-52-16 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-8 "Stevens Gulch" |
Terraserver | 46-51-06 109-54-05 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-9 "Buffalo" |
Terraserver | 46-47-41 109-45-10 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-10 "Mass Executioner" |
Terraserver | 46-53-36 109-45-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | L-11 "Heartless" |
Terraserver | 47-00-50 109-37-50 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-1 "Latin American Christian Base Communities" |
Terraserver | 47-13-08 109-31-01 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-2 "Brian's" |
Terraserver | 47-12-22 109-23-17 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-3 "Warm Spring Creek" |
| Another long, curved driveway. | ||
Terraserver | 47-08-10 109-27-15 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-4 "Molten Bones" |
Terraserver | 47-03-11 109-31-13 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-5 "Nuclear Gulag" |
| Here's an aerial photo that is supposed to be M-5: http://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/icbm/mm3-SITE81.jpg. However, I don't believe it is Malmstrom's M-5, the configuration is not correct, in fact it's incorrect for ANY of Malmstrom's sites (the enclosure is square yet the silo is on the west side). So I think they got a picture from somewhere else and mistakenly identified its location. | ||
Terraserver | 46-56-04 109-34-10 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-6 "Amy's" |
Terraserver | 46-58-45 109-44-31 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-7 "Massacre at Moore" |
Terraserver | 46-56-19 109-55-22 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-8 "Cumulative and Irreversible" |
Terraserver | 47-02-11 109-53-02 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-9 "Chernobyl Cubed" |
Terraserver | 47-08-03 109-46-48 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-10 "Moral Asphyxia" |
| Unusual curved driveway. | ||
Terraserver | 47-05-41 109-40-13 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | M-11 "Hanover" |
Terraserver | 47-03-33 109-01-55 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-1 "Nukewatch" |
Terraserver | 47-06-28 108-55-13 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-2 "Chippewa Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-04-45 108-47-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-3 "Cauterized Consscience" |
Terraserver | 46-59-35 108-56-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-4 "Becket" |
| Looks a little unusual but perhaps terrain dictated an enclosure that wasn't quite normal. | ||
Terraserver | 46-56-22 109-02-29 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-5 "Bear Creek" |
Terraserver | 46-59-43 109-08-01 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-6 "Ungodly Cynical" |
| A fairly long and winding driveway, the site looks like up the side of a hill. | ||
Terraserver | 46-58-51 109-16-14 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-7 "Atrocities on Command" |
Terraserver | 46-59-42 109-24-41 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-8 "Iron Heel" |
Terraserver | 47-04-29 109-21-54 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-9 "Unsanitary Landfill" |
| Vehicles in the enclosure (August 28 1997). | ||
Terraserver | 47-04-58 109-09-02 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-10 "Mark's" |
| One of the more unusual-looking sites, assuming I've found it. Terrain probably dictated the unusual layout. | ||
Terraserver | 47-09-52 109-06-43 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | N-11 "Maiden Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-19-43 108-55-39 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-1 "Polish Freedom and Peace Groups" |
Terraserver | 47-25-13 108-54-41 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-2 "Stomping Nightmare" |
Terraserver | 47-25-35 108-45-47 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-3 "Sacogawea" |
Terraserver | 47-20-38 108-47-21 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-4 "Terrorism's Icon" |
Terraserver | 47-15-41 108-50-00 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-5 "Burton K. Wheeler" |
| Burton K. Wheeler was a US Senator from Montana who helped form the America First Committee in 1940, one of the most powerful isolationist organizations in the US. Among other things it promoted building an impregnable defense system to avoid attack. | ||
Terraserver | 47-09-52 108-47-46 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-6 "Little Box Elder Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-15-11 108-59-02 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-7 "Moral Novocaine" |
Terraserver | 47-15-57 109-17-20 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-8 "Unforgivable" |
Terraserver | 47-18-24 109-10-28 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-9 "Minuteman's Slaughterhouse" |
Terraserver | 47-20-17 109-03-13 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-10 "Guilded Gas Oven" |
Terraserver | 47-24-09 109-08-17 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | O-11 "Armells Creek" |
| Very long driveway, or the road dead-ends at the gate. | ||
Terraserver | 48-12-18 111-54-30 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-0 "Silo Pruning Hooks" |
Terraserver | 48-27-10 111-54-06 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-1 "Bear River" |
Terraserver | 48-20-45 111-50-33 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-2 "Martin's" |
Terraserver | 48-16-49 111-52-46 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-3 "Poison Dart" |
Terraserver | 48-10-37 112-03-59 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-4 "Sam George Hill" |
Terraserver | 48-16-00 112-05-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-5 "William's" |
Terraserver | 48-20-05 112-06-23 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-6 "Paul's" |
Terraserver | 48-18-36 111-58-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-7 "Helen's" |
Terraserver | 48-24-17 112-03-08 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-8 "Larry's" |
Terraserver | 48-22-25 111-57-03 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-9 "Carl's" |
Terraserver | 48-29-37 111-59-15 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | P-10 "Northern" |
Terraserver | 48-15-39 111-37-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-0 "Philippine People Power" |
Terraserver | 48-17-39 111-31-56 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-11 "Nigel's" |
Terraserver | 48-16-31 111-25-58 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-12 "Kate's" |
| Four miles west of an unfinished ABM radar site. See my web site on ABM sites. | ||
Terraserver | 48-13-02 111-30-10 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-13 "Rifle Shot" |
Terraserver | 48-12-24 111-41-07 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-14 "John's" |
Terraserver | 48-13-05 111-47-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-15 "Jim's" |
Terraserver | 48-16-32 111-43-41 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-16 "Thornton's" |
Terraserver | 48-25-10 111-44-42 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-17 "Greg's" |
Terraserver | 48-28-56 111-47-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-18 "Murder-Suicide" |
Terraserver | 48-21-46 111-40-49 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-19 "Will's" |
Terraserver | 48-28-33 111-41-03 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Q-20 "Dunkirk" |
Terraserver | 48-05-41 111-34-38 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-0 "Silence One Silo" |
Terraserver | 48-08-05 111-30-07 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-21 "Linda's" |
Terraserver | 48-03-47 111-28-37 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-22 "Karl's" |
Terraserver | 47-57-22 111-23-28 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-23 "The Knees Butte" |
Terraserver | 47-59-38 111-28-36 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-24 "Dung" |
Terraserver | 47-54-09 111-28-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-25 "Llama Ranch" |
Terraserver | 47-56-25 111-33-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-26 "Teton River" |
Terraserver | 48-00-24 111-35-01 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-27 "LaVonne's" |
Terraserver | 47-58-04 111-40-11 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-28 "Taproot of Violence" |
Terraserver | 48-08-04 111-39-46 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-29 "David Hastings" |
Terraserver | 48-10-42 111-35-11 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | R-30 "Mark's" |
Terraserver | 48-02-15 111-47-30 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-0 "Plowshares Disarmament Community" |
| Nuclear Heartland is trivially incorrect, it says the MAF is on the right going east but it's on the left. The map has the same error. | ||
Terraserver | 48-02-23 111-40-41 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-31 "Rocky Coulee" |
Terraserver | 47-51-19 111-57-42 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-32 "Teton Ridge" |
| It looks to me like the Nuclear Heartland directions are slightly incorrect. After driving west from Dutton, turn right one mile then left .8 mile. | ||
Terraserver | 47-59-36 111-52-45 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-33 "Muddy Creek" |
Terraserver | 47-56-20 111-58-16 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-34 "Plutocrat's" |
Terraserver | 48-02-30 112-09-34 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-35 "Farmers Coulee" |
| Terraserver still has no photos (11/28/2007) but I'm told these are the correct coordinates, and Google Earth agrees. | ||
Terraserver | 48-02-44 111-59-55 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-36 "King of Prussia 8" |
Terraserver | 48-05-57 112-04-56 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-37 "Pondera Oil Field" |
Terraserver | 48-04-38 111-54-00 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-38 "State Religion" |
Terraserver | 48-08-06 111-57-33 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-39 "Harmful If Swallowed" |
| Quite a few small vehicles in the enclosure in the photo, possibly a maintenance crew and security team. | ||
Terraserver | 48-08-32 111-51-01 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | S-40 "Windbreaks" |
Terraserver | 48-15-08 112-16-32 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-0 "Big Mountain Resistance" |
Terraserver | 48-26-47 112-12-35 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-41 "Compassion's Mortuary" |
Terraserver | 48-22-41 112-12-13 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-42 "Columbia River Fish-In" |
Terraserver | 48-18-21 112-12-08 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-43 "Boeing's Finest" |
Terraserver | 48-11-52 112-10-28 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-44 "Flathead Nation Nuclear Free Zone" |
Terraserver | 48-07-08 112-10-51 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-45 "Fat Buffalo" |
| Terraserver still has no photos (11/28/2007) but this agrees with Google Earth. | ||
Terraserver | 48-03-03 112-16-04 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-46 "Naked Militarism" |
Terraserver | 48-04-33 112-22-59 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-47 "Grizzly Bear" |
Terraserver | 48-11-06 112-18-55 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-48 "Table Rocks" |
Terraserver | 48-08-59 112-25-02 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-49 "Dry Fork of Marias River" |
Terraserver | 48-13-12 112-24-26 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | T-50 "Coyote" |
Terraserver | 47-30-24 111-11-51 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | Training Silo |
| This is the training silo, I don't know its designation. I also wonder how they deal with the differences between the silos originally built for Minuteman I and the silos built for Minuteman II, since they are laid out differently. At least for gates, this trainer has two entrances on the south side for this reason, for a grand total of five gates! | ||
Terraserver | 47-30-34 111-09-53 ? miles ? Great Falls Montana () | WSA |
| Based on the perimeter fence, I'm guessing this is the Weapons Storage Area (WSA). | ||