Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
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Location	Jackson County and Pennington County, South Dakota, U.S.
Nearest city	Wall, South Dakota
Coordinates	43°55′52″N 102°09′38″W / 43.93111°N 102.16056°W / 43.93111; -102.16056
Area	43.8 acres (17.7 ha)[1]
Established	November 29, 1999 (1999-November-29)
Visitors	98,908 (in 2020)[2]
Governing body	National Park Service
Website	Minuteman Missile National Historical Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Site
A view of the silo from above
Area	1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
NRHP reference No.	01000275[3]
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1999

Southwestern South Dakota
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Geologic and natural history
Badlands (National park) The Mammoth Site Needles Spearfish Canyon
Mountains
Black Hills Bear Butte (National Historic Landmark) Black Elk Peak
Caves
Wind Cave (National park) Jewel Cave (National monument)
Forests and wildernesses
Custer (State Park) Black Hills (National Forest) Black Elk (Wilderness) Buffalo Gap (National Grassland)
Lakes
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Scenic byways
Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway Spearfish Canyon
Historic sites
Minuteman Missile (National Historic Site)
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The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is an American national historic site established in 1999 near Wall, South Dakota, to illustrate the history and significance of the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development. The site preserves the last intact Minuteman II ICBM system in the United States, in a disarmed and demilitarized status. Guided tours are available of the underground Launch Control Center, and a missile silo can be observed from above.^[4] Some 450 of the newer Minuteman III missiles are still on active duty at Malmstrom AFB, Montana, Minot AFB, North Dakota, and F. E. Warren AFB, Wyoming.