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 500 land-based ICBMs (now 450 with Peacekeeper retired), per international treaties.

Many of the USGS 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. Missile Alert Facility D-1 and Launch Facility D-9 were preserved for conversion into a museum 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. A preview is here: http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/142122791.html?dids=142122791:142122791&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jul+28%2C+2002&author=Bob+Thompson&pub=The+Washington+Post&edition=&startpage=W.12&desc=Rethinking+the+Unthinkable%3B+The+National+Park+Service+is+making+a+monument+out+ofan+old+nuclear+missile+site.+But+how+do+you+interpret+history+so+recent+it+may+not+be+over+yet%3F.
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
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/mimi/hrs.htm 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 "Missile-silo prep two years" though the link is dead.
http://www.blackhillsbandit.com/articles/2003/10/24/news/news01.txt "Two remaining silos paint cold war picture". (Unfortunately, the Black Hills Bandit, formerly the newspaper for Ellsworth, has gone away, but try: http://web.archive.org/web/20040726185530/http://www.blackhillsbandit.com/articles/2003/10/24/news/news01.txt).
"In S.D., a disarming monument to the Cold War is set for launch" http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/06/19/in_sd_a_disarming_monument_to_the_cold_war_is_set_for_launch
http://www.clui.org/lotl/v27/j.html A brief mention in CLUI's "Lay of the Land, Summer 2004".

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.

There is a nice museum near the main gate. See http://www.sdairandspacemuseum.com/index.php and http://www.aero-web.org/museums/sd/eafbsd.htm for a review. The museum offers tours of the base which includes the training launch facility.

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
Rapid City Maneuvers Scott Murdock visisted the area in May 2001 and took photos of former alert facilities, launch facilities, and a few other area "attractions".
Ellsworth Echoes Scott Murdock visited the area in August 2010 and took photos of former alert facilities, the base's training facilities, museum, and a few other area "attractions".

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.

In more recent post-retirement images such as from Google, notice that the alert facility sewage ponds have been reclaimed (filled, flattened, and presumably returned to the surrounding farm for cultivation). One exception is D-1 which was preserved as a historic site.

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

Google Maps 44-19-53  102-03-04 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 was listed as sold, $36,000, as of 12/4/2002 to Cedar Breaks Ranch, http://www.cedarbreaksranch.com.

Google Maps 44-24-26  101-55-50 A-2
"Horrible Heffalump"

Google Maps 44-19-03  101-56-56 A-3
"Mordor"

Google Maps 44-15-49  101-50-56 A-4
"Not Even Eeyore's"

Google Maps 44-13-13  101-57-39 A-5
"Durin's Bane"

Google Maps 44-15-51  102-02-01 A-6
"Mourning Dove"
Unusually long and curvy driveway.

Google Maps 44-10-55  102-02-53 A-7
"Katzenjammer"

Google Maps 44-13-42  102-12-33 A-8
"Sammy's"

Google Maps 44-16-47  102-08-47 A-9
"Nick's"

Google Maps 44-20-03  102-11-57 A-10
"Styx & Stones"

Google Maps 44-23-23  102-07-57 A-11
"Charon's Raft"
Slightly unusual driveway configuration.

Google Maps 44-05-56  102-17-02 B-1
"Contragate"

Google Maps 44-09-11  102-12-22 B-2
"Free Parking"

Google Maps 44-07-35  102-06-41 B-3
"McNamara's"

Google Maps 44-04-10  102-10-09 B-4
"Lost in Space"

Google Maps 43-59-23  102-09-38 B-5
"First Strike"

Google Maps 43-55-38  102-14-13 B-6
"Open Gate"

Google Maps 44-01-20  102-17-11 B-7
"Admiral John's"

Google Maps 43-56-21  102-20-14 B-8
"Womb Envy"

Google Maps 44-02-19  102-22-48 B-9
"General Richard's"

Google Maps 44-10-43  102-22-47 B-10
"Gorbanifar's"

Google Maps 44-11-14  102-17-29 B-11
"Thieves and Knaves"
(I had incorrectly listed the coordinates as 44-12-43 102-21-30 until Scott Murdock corrected me, April 7 2012).

Google Maps 44-11-01  101-42-09
75 miles E Rapid City South Dakota
(10 miles N Philip South Dakota) C-1
"Thermonuclear Warfare"
According to Scott Murdock's trip report Ellsworth Echoes this is now the Missile Inn Bed and Breakfast, operated by George and Sandee Gittings who can be contacted at (605) 859-2265 or their cellphone at (605) 685-5497. See also J-1, below.

Google Maps 44-19-45  101-40-44 C-2
"Mike's Roadside Rest"

Google Maps 44-09-47  101-36-21 C-3
"The Missile Next Door"

Google Maps 44-05-47  101-40-08 C-4
"Darrell's Roadside Rest"
Another web site originally listed 44-04-59 101-41-11 which is a power substation (second image). A little searching revealed the correct location, 1.3 miles northeast.

Google Maps 44-01-36  101-43-29 C-5
"Berenson's Pride"

Google Maps 43-59-20  101-48-56 C-6
"Mundt's Muff"

Google Maps 44-04-50  101-47-44 C-7
"Rural Blight"

Google Maps 44-06-42  101-53-09 C-8
"Farewell to Arms"

Google Maps 44-06-41  101-58-49 C-9
"The Naked" missile

Google Maps 44-10-49  101-50-35 C-10
"Omnicide"

Google Maps 44-16-59  101-44-58 C-11
"Boeing Corporation"

Google Maps 43-52-40  101-57-41 D-1
"Mike and Beth's"
D-1 and D-9 were preserved as a museum.

Google Maps 44-02-12  101-56-44 D-2
"Grindstone"

Google Maps 43-57-53  101-55-42 D-3
"Transfiguration Plowshares"

Google Maps 43-54-46  101-48-05 D-4
"Harmonic Conversion"

Google Maps 43-50-36  101-50-20 D-5
"Lyle's Right"
Lots of vehicles in the enclosure, and a few in the driveway on August 19, 1991 when the USGS photo was taken.

Google Maps 43-48-21  101-56-33 D-6
"Badlands Barry"

Google Maps 43-49-11  102-07-08 D-7
"Lost Vulture"

Google Maps 43-52-34  102-03-48 D-8
"Tom's"
Somewhat longer driveway than usual.

Google Maps 43-55-53  102-09-36 D-9
"Cassandra's"
D-1 and D-9 were preserved as historic sites.

Google Maps 43-57-36  102-03-29 D-10
"Jane's"

Google Maps 44-01-53  102-04-08 D-11
"Mona's"

Google Maps 43-55-12  101-28-52 E-1
"The Greenhouse/Gaudete"

Google Maps 44-03-23  101-27-03 E-2
"Jeremy's"
Unusually long driveway.

Google Maps 43-54-26  101-17-05 E-3
"Sarah's"

Google Maps 43-50-40  101-20-39 E-4
"Michael's"

Google Maps 43-51-12  101-27-40 E-5
"Carl Kline's"
Another clear example of a road dead-ending at a site.

Google Maps 43-49-58  101-33-48 E-6
"Susie's"

Google Maps 43-50-24  101-44-23 E-7
"Debbie's"

Google Maps 43-51-57  101-39-33 E-8
"Danny's"

Google Maps 43-56-19  101-39-46 E-9
"Mary Beth and Jim's"

Google Maps 43-58-11  101-33-37 E-10
"Mary's"

Google Maps 44-03-19  101-35-18 E-11
"Laurie's"

Google Maps 44-59-50  102-45-43 F-1
"Contra Connection"

Google Maps 45-04-21  102-44-41 F-2
"North Forty"

Google Maps 45-01-34  102-40-16 F-3
"Ollie's Folly"

Google Maps 45-01-30  102-34-15 F-4
"Fawn's Delight"
Some time between 1997 and 2004 highway 212 was rerouted. Formerly it curved to the north but the new route gives it a straight east-west alignment. As a result the LF's driveway was extended to meet the highway again.

Google Maps 44-57-59  102-34-37 F-5
"Secord's Profit"

Google Maps 44-56-55  102-39-12 F-6
"Iran's Ire"

Google Maps 44-54-39  102-34-19 F-7
"Or is It Iraq?"

Google Maps 44-54-32  102-43-46 F-8
"Remember What?"

Google Maps 44-55-01  102-52-33 F-9
"Meese Truth"

Google Maps 44-58-14  102-56-05 F-10
"Reagan Knew"

Google Maps 45-00-50  102-51-02 F-11
"Bush, Too"

Google Maps 44-43-25  102-39-01 G-1
"The Heritage Connection"

Google Maps 44-46-25  102-32-02 G-2
"Many Farms"

Google Maps 44-41-17  102-33-52 G-3
"Life's Blood"

Google Maps 44-37-06  102-34-27 G-4
"Have Perished"

Google Maps 44-39-11  102-39-39 G-5
"Since We Began"

Google Maps 44-36-36  102-48-19 G-6
"This Destruction"

Google Maps 44-41-45  102-47-42 G-7
"Choices Made"

Google Maps 44-44-51  102-56-23 G-8
"Hungry Children"

Google Maps 44-44-52  102-50-53 G-9
"Will Be Gone"

Google Maps 44-44-57  102-45-55 G-10
"If Nukes Remain"

Google Maps 44-49-05  102-40-12 G-11
"Top Priority"

Google Maps 44-27-43  102-48-55 H-1
"Hiroshima Denied"

Google Maps 44-33-36  102-43-31 H-2
"Angel Dust"

Google Maps 44-33-35  102-37-45 H-3
"George McGovern's 597 Vote"
George McGovern ran for President against Richard 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.

Google Maps 44-29-35  102-41-02 H-4
"Moscow Children's Hospital"

Google Maps 44-30-20  102-33-50 H-5
"Brokedown Palace"

Google Maps 44-25-55  102-33-49 H-6
"Picnic Canyon"

Google Maps 44-24-10  102-45-54 H-7
"Pro-Active"

Google Maps 44-22-27  102-51-05 H-8
"Why Die?"

Google Maps 44-26-06  102-55-12 H-9
"Terry Peak"

Google Maps 44-30-40  102-55-09 H-10
"Son of Sam"

Google Maps 44-32-01  102-49-31 H-11
"Charles Manson's"

Google Maps 44-36-10  102-18-57 I-1
"Melting Pot"

Google Maps 44-44-32  102-17-15 I-2
"Bad"

Google Maps 44-40-01  102-16-40 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.

Google Maps 44-36-20  102-13-42 I-4
"Wart"

Google Maps 44-36-45  102-07-42 I-5
"Cap the Knife"

Google Maps 44-32-33  102-10-20 I-6
"Open Range"

Google Maps 44-30-30  102-28-49 I-7
"End of the Road"
On the wrong side of the road compared to the directions in Nuclear Heartland.

Google Maps 44-34-29  102-29-44 I-8
"Jim Abdnor's Tunnel Vision"
Jim Abdnor was a Republican Senator from South Dakota.

Google Maps 44-36-13  102-24-07 I-9
"City on a Hill"
Interesting remnants of old access roads.

Google Maps 44-42-51  102-27-09 I-10
"Mustard"

Google Maps 44-42-05  102-21-30 I-11
"High Plains Panorama"

Google Maps 44-54-21  102-21-55 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. Refer to http://www.juliet1bed-n-breakfast.net. See also C-1, above.

Google Maps 45-01-17  102-21-42 J-2
"Nappin' at the Summit"

Google Maps 45-01-28  102-15-17 J-3
"Peace Creeper"

Google Maps 45-01-19  102-08-37 J-4
"Kissinger's Reasoning"

Google Maps 44-56-46  102-12-26 J-5
"Unnamed"

Google Maps 44-53-11  102-14-59 J-6
"Pentagonia"
On March 8, 1983, one man of a two-man security team was accidentally 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.

Google Maps 44-49-52  102-16-01 J-7
"Congressonia"

Google Maps 44-49-07  102-20-36 J-8
"Thatcher's Tether"

Google Maps 44-50-49  102-27-00 J-9
"Bush's Bet"

Google Maps 44-56-51  102-27-21 J-10
"Caspar's Envy"
Longish driveway.

Google Maps 45-01-32  102-27-49 J-11
"Dakota's Humiliation"

Google Maps 44-34-23  103-51-42 K-1
"Custer's Karma"

Google Maps 44-39-10  103-46-33 K-2
"Lori's Intuition"

Google Maps 44-37-15  103-41-14 K-3
"Bomb Bordello"

Google Maps 44-35-11  103-46-04 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.

Google Maps 44-31-53  103-41-31 K-5
"Shellout Falter"

Google Maps 44-26-29  103-41-17 K-6
"Posterity's Problem"

Google Maps 44-28-22  103-46-33 K-7
"Politician's Prattle"

Google Maps 44-31-34  103-56-14 K-8
"Hell Hole"

Google Maps 44-32-54  104-02-05 K-9
"The Mutt"
Some web sources list K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but very 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.

Google Maps 44-38-11  104-00-40 K-10
"Bane of Our Existence"
Some web sources list K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but very 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 USGS image shows impressive plowing patterns by the local farmer.

Google Maps 44-38-24  103-54-47 K-11
"Mission Impossible"

Google Maps 44-32-28  103-20-43 L-1
"Out to Launch"

Google Maps 44-36-55  103-20-42 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"

Google Maps 44-35-55  103-16-13 L-3
"Unlit Sky"

Google Maps 44-31-48  103-11-04 L-4
"Broken Arrow"

Google Maps 44-27-43  103-30-35 L-5
"Lauralea-Clark"
The LF is now so thoroughly obliterated that when I checked Google imagery in 2012 I thought it was not the correct location.

Google Maps 44-30-54  103-26-58 L-6
"Minds Being Wasted"

Google Maps 44-31-01  103-34-41 L-7
"Dr. Seuss"

Google Maps 44-35-03  103-33-59 L-8
"Mamen's Folly"

Google Maps 44-38-56  103-35-38 L-9
"Regretfully Yours"

Google Maps 44-35-08  103-26-12 L-10
"Orange Moon-Rise"

Google Maps 44-38-47  103-29-09 L-11
"Taxpayers' Children"

Google Maps 44-55-11  103-56-07 M-1
"No Accident"

Google Maps 45-02-04  103-53-00 M-2
"Meadowlark"

Google Maps 44-57-46  103-52-22 M-3
"Brown Pelican"

Google Maps 44-58-31  103-46-29 M-4
"Velvet Buck"

Google Maps 44-54-37  103-47-34 M-5
"Lame Doe"

Google Maps 44-52-01  103-52-18 M-6
"Killdeer"

Google Maps 44-47-44  103-50-39 M-7
"Kingbird"
Quite a long driveway.

Google Maps 44-43-15  103-51-00 M-8
"Crow Creek"

Google Maps 44-44-55  103-57-01 M-9
"Twin Antelope"

Google Maps 44-48-10  104-02-15 M-10
"Prairie's Edge"

Google Maps 44-57-53  104-01-20 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).

Google Maps 44-47-42  103-30-09 N-1
"Human Misery"

Google Maps 44-51-22  103-25-23 N-2
"Hard Times"
N-2 is the only operational site 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.net/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 quite clearly the silo was fixed up and put back in service.

Google Maps 44-47-10  103-25-25 N-3
"Small is Beautiful"

Google Maps 44-43-30  103-20-45 N-4
"More with Less"

Google Maps 44-43-09  103-27-49 N-5
"Fall of America"

Google Maps 44-44-00  103-33-40 N-6
"Brave New World"

Google Maps 44-41-13  103-41-33 N-7
"Crazy Bald Head"

Google Maps 44-46-06  103-38-51 N-8
"Jah Love"

Google Maps 44-51-52  103-43-37 N-9
"Livestock at Large"

Google Maps 44-50-30  103-39-11 N-10
"Amber Waves"

Google Maps 44-54-38  103-38-54 N-11
"Siberian"

Google Maps 44-55-29  103-14-13 O-1
"Castle Rock"

Google Maps 45-00-44  103-02-22 O-2
"Supply and Demand"

Google Maps 44-57-32  103-08-14 O-3
"The Gang's All Here"

Google Maps 44-55-16  103-01-15 O-4
"Winston Smith"

Google Maps 44-52-30  103-06-27 O-5
"Big Brother"
Quite a long driveway.

Google Maps 44-49-58  103-11-51 O-6
"Timothy Leary"

Google Maps 44-47-17  103-16-28 O-7
"Dain Bramage"

Google Maps 44-51-48  103-17-36 O-8
"Be Here Now"

Google Maps 44-56-47  103-25-20 O-9
"Jimi Hendrix"

Google Maps 44-57-15  103-20-12 O-10
"Trickle Down"
The "trickle down" theory of finance was popular at the time, and largely ridiculed.

Google Maps 45-00-57  103-25-21 O-11
"Nuremberg...Ha!"

Google Maps 44-08-57  103-05-26 Training Silo
The training silo, known as the Minuteman Maintenance & Procedures Trainer. The site is included on the South Dakota Air & Space Museum tour of the base, see http://www.sdairandspacemuseum.com/index.php. The USGS 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). Scott Murdock toured in August of 2010 and includes several pictures in his trip report Ellsworth Echoes.

Google Maps 44-10-05  103-06-30 WSA
Based on the impressive perimeter fence, this looks like the Weapons Storage Area (WSA).

Google Maps	44-19-53 102-03-04	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 was listed as sold, $36,000, as of 12/4/2002 to Cedar Breaks Ranch, http://www.cedarbreaksranch.com.
Google Maps	44-24-26 101-55-50	A-2 "Horrible Heffalump"

Google Maps	44-19-03 101-56-56	A-3 "Mordor"

Google Maps	44-15-49 101-50-56	A-4 "Not Even Eeyore's"

Google Maps	44-13-13 101-57-39	A-5 "Durin's Bane"

Google Maps	44-15-51 102-02-01	A-6 "Mourning Dove"
Unusually long and curvy driveway.
Google Maps	44-10-55 102-02-53	A-7 "Katzenjammer"

Google Maps	44-13-42 102-12-33	A-8 "Sammy's"

Google Maps	44-16-47 102-08-47	A-9 "Nick's"

Google Maps	44-20-03 102-11-57	A-10 "Styx & Stones"

Google Maps	44-23-23 102-07-57	A-11 "Charon's Raft"
Slightly unusual driveway configuration.

Google Maps	44-05-56 102-17-02	B-1 "Contragate"

Google Maps	44-09-11 102-12-22	B-2 "Free Parking"

Google Maps	44-07-35 102-06-41	B-3 "McNamara's"

Google Maps	44-04-10 102-10-09	B-4 "Lost in Space"

Google Maps	43-59-23 102-09-38	B-5 "First Strike"

Google Maps	43-55-38 102-14-13	B-6 "Open Gate"

Google Maps	44-01-20 102-17-11	B-7 "Admiral John's"

Google Maps	43-56-21 102-20-14	B-8 "Womb Envy"

Google Maps	44-02-19 102-22-48	B-9 "General Richard's"

Google Maps	44-10-43 102-22-47	B-10 "Gorbanifar's"

Google Maps	44-11-14 102-17-29	B-11 "Thieves and Knaves"
(I had incorrectly listed the coordinates as 44-12-43 102-21-30 until Scott Murdock corrected me, April 7 2012).

Google Maps	44-11-01 101-42-09 75 miles E Rapid City South Dakota (10 miles N Philip South Dakota)	C-1 "Thermonuclear Warfare"
According to Scott Murdock's trip report Ellsworth Echoes this is now the Missile Inn Bed and Breakfast, operated by George and Sandee Gittings who can be contacted at (605) 859-2265 or their cellphone at (605) 685-5497. See also J-1, below.
Google Maps	44-19-45 101-40-44	C-2 "Mike's Roadside Rest"

Google Maps	44-09-47 101-36-21	C-3 "The Missile Next Door"

Google Maps	44-05-47 101-40-08	C-4 "Darrell's Roadside Rest"
Another web site originally listed 44-04-59 101-41-11 which is a power substation (second image). A little searching revealed the correct location, 1.3 miles northeast.
Google Maps	44-01-36 101-43-29	C-5 "Berenson's Pride"

Google Maps	43-59-20 101-48-56	C-6 "Mundt's Muff"

Google Maps	44-04-50 101-47-44	C-7 "Rural Blight"

Google Maps	44-06-42 101-53-09	C-8 "Farewell to Arms"

Google Maps	44-06-41 101-58-49	C-9 "The Naked" missile

Google Maps	44-10-49 101-50-35	C-10 "Omnicide"

Google Maps	44-16-59 101-44-58	C-11 "Boeing Corporation"

Google Maps	43-52-40 101-57-41	D-1 "Mike and Beth's"
D-1 and D-9 were preserved as a museum.
Google Maps	44-02-12 101-56-44	D-2 "Grindstone"

Google Maps	43-57-53 101-55-42	D-3 "Transfiguration Plowshares"

Google Maps	43-54-46 101-48-05	D-4 "Harmonic Conversion"

Google Maps	43-50-36 101-50-20	D-5 "Lyle's Right"
Lots of vehicles in the enclosure, and a few in the driveway on August 19, 1991 when the USGS photo was taken.
Google Maps	43-48-21 101-56-33	D-6 "Badlands Barry"

Google Maps	43-49-11 102-07-08	D-7 "Lost Vulture"

Google Maps	43-52-34 102-03-48	D-8 "Tom's"
Somewhat longer driveway than usual.
Google Maps	43-55-53 102-09-36	D-9 "Cassandra's"
D-1 and D-9 were preserved as historic sites.
Google Maps	43-57-36 102-03-29	D-10 "Jane's"

Google Maps	44-01-53 102-04-08	D-11 "Mona's"

Google Maps	43-55-12 101-28-52	E-1 "The Greenhouse/Gaudete"

Google Maps	44-03-23 101-27-03	E-2 "Jeremy's"
Unusually long driveway.
Google Maps	43-54-26 101-17-05	E-3 "Sarah's"

Google Maps	43-50-40 101-20-39	E-4 "Michael's"

Google Maps	43-51-12 101-27-40	E-5 "Carl Kline's"
Another clear example of a road dead-ending at a site.
Google Maps	43-49-58 101-33-48	E-6 "Susie's"

Google Maps	43-50-24 101-44-23	E-7 "Debbie's"

Google Maps	43-51-57 101-39-33	E-8 "Danny's"

Google Maps	43-56-19 101-39-46	E-9 "Mary Beth and Jim's"

Google Maps	43-58-11 101-33-37	E-10 "Mary's"

Google Maps	44-03-19 101-35-18	E-11 "Laurie's"

Google Maps	44-59-50 102-45-43	F-1 "Contra Connection"

Google Maps	45-04-21 102-44-41	F-2 "North Forty"

Google Maps	45-01-34 102-40-16	F-3 "Ollie's Folly"

Google Maps	45-01-30 102-34-15	F-4 "Fawn's Delight"
Some time between 1997 and 2004 highway 212 was rerouted. Formerly it curved to the north but the new route gives it a straight east-west alignment. As a result the LF's driveway was extended to meet the highway again.
Google Maps	44-57-59 102-34-37	F-5 "Secord's Profit"

Google Maps	44-56-55 102-39-12	F-6 "Iran's Ire"

Google Maps	44-54-39 102-34-19	F-7 "Or is It Iraq?"

Google Maps	44-54-32 102-43-46	F-8 "Remember What?"

Google Maps	44-55-01 102-52-33	F-9 "Meese Truth"

Google Maps	44-58-14 102-56-05	F-10 "Reagan Knew"

Google Maps	45-00-50 102-51-02	F-11 "Bush, Too"

Google Maps	44-43-25 102-39-01	G-1 "The Heritage Connection"

Google Maps	44-46-25 102-32-02	G-2 "Many Farms"

Google Maps	44-41-17 102-33-52	G-3 "Life's Blood"

Google Maps	44-37-06 102-34-27	G-4 "Have Perished"

Google Maps	44-39-11 102-39-39	G-5 "Since We Began"

Google Maps	44-36-36 102-48-19	G-6 "This Destruction"

Google Maps	44-41-45 102-47-42	G-7 "Choices Made"

Google Maps	44-44-51 102-56-23	G-8 "Hungry Children"

Google Maps	44-44-52 102-50-53	G-9 "Will Be Gone"

Google Maps	44-44-57 102-45-55	G-10 "If Nukes Remain"

Google Maps	44-49-05 102-40-12	G-11 "Top Priority"

Google Maps	44-27-43 102-48-55	H-1 "Hiroshima Denied"

Google Maps	44-33-36 102-43-31	H-2 "Angel Dust"

Google Maps	44-33-35 102-37-45	H-3 "George McGovern's 597 Vote"
George McGovern ran for President against Richard 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.
Google Maps	44-29-35 102-41-02	H-4 "Moscow Children's Hospital"

Google Maps	44-30-20 102-33-50	H-5 "Brokedown Palace"

Google Maps	44-25-55 102-33-49	H-6 "Picnic Canyon"

Google Maps	44-24-10 102-45-54	H-7 "Pro-Active"

Google Maps	44-22-27 102-51-05	H-8 "Why Die?"

Google Maps	44-26-06 102-55-12	H-9 "Terry Peak"

Google Maps	44-30-40 102-55-09	H-10 "Son of Sam"

Google Maps	44-32-01 102-49-31	H-11 "Charles Manson's"

Google Maps	44-36-10 102-18-57	I-1 "Melting Pot"

Google Maps	44-44-32 102-17-15	I-2 "Bad"

Google Maps	44-40-01 102-16-40	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.
Google Maps	44-36-20 102-13-42	I-4 "Wart"

Google Maps	44-36-45 102-07-42	I-5 "Cap the Knife"

Google Maps	44-32-33 102-10-20	I-6 "Open Range"

Google Maps	44-30-30 102-28-49	I-7 "End of the Road"
On the wrong side of the road compared to the directions in Nuclear Heartland.
Google Maps	44-34-29 102-29-44	I-8 "Jim Abdnor's Tunnel Vision"
Jim Abdnor was a Republican Senator from South Dakota.
Google Maps	44-36-13 102-24-07	I-9 "City on a Hill"
Interesting remnants of old access roads.
Google Maps	44-42-51 102-27-09	I-10 "Mustard"

Google Maps	44-42-05 102-21-30	I-11 "High Plains Panorama"

Google Maps	44-54-21 102-21-55	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. Refer to http://www.juliet1bed-n-breakfast.net. See also C-1, above.
Google Maps	45-01-17 102-21-42	J-2 "Nappin' at the Summit"

Google Maps	45-01-28 102-15-17	J-3 "Peace Creeper"

Google Maps	45-01-19 102-08-37	J-4 "Kissinger's Reasoning"

Google Maps	44-56-46 102-12-26	J-5 "Unnamed"

Google Maps	44-53-11 102-14-59	J-6 "Pentagonia"
On March 8, 1983, one man of a two-man security team was accidentally 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.
Google Maps	44-49-52 102-16-01	J-7 "Congressonia"

Google Maps	44-49-07 102-20-36	J-8 "Thatcher's Tether"

Google Maps	44-50-49 102-27-00	J-9 "Bush's Bet"

Google Maps	44-56-51 102-27-21	J-10 "Caspar's Envy"
Longish driveway.
Google Maps	45-01-32 102-27-49	J-11 "Dakota's Humiliation"

Google Maps	44-34-23 103-51-42	K-1 "Custer's Karma"

Google Maps	44-39-10 103-46-33	K-2 "Lori's Intuition"

Google Maps	44-37-15 103-41-14	K-3 "Bomb Bordello"

Google Maps	44-35-11 103-46-04	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.
Google Maps	44-31-53 103-41-31	K-5 "Shellout Falter"

Google Maps	44-26-29 103-41-17	K-6 "Posterity's Problem"

Google Maps	44-28-22 103-46-33	K-7 "Politician's Prattle"

Google Maps	44-31-34 103-56-14	K-8 "Hell Hole"

Google Maps	44-32-54 104-02-05	K-9 "The Mutt"
Some web sources list K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but very 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.
Google Maps	44-38-11 104-00-40	K-10 "Bane of Our Existence"
Some web sources list K-9 and K-10 as being in Wyoming, they are actually in South Dakota but very 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 USGS image shows impressive plowing patterns by the local farmer.
Google Maps	44-38-24 103-54-47	K-11 "Mission Impossible"

Google Maps	44-32-28 103-20-43	L-1 "Out to Launch"

Google Maps	44-36-55 103-20-42	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"
Google Maps	44-35-55 103-16-13	L-3 "Unlit Sky"

Google Maps	44-31-48 103-11-04	L-4 "Broken Arrow"

Google Maps	44-27-43 103-30-35	L-5 "Lauralea-Clark"
The LF is now so thoroughly obliterated that when I checked Google imagery in 2012 I thought it was not the correct location.
Google Maps	44-30-54 103-26-58	L-6 "Minds Being Wasted"

Google Maps	44-31-01 103-34-41	L-7 "Dr. Seuss"

Google Maps	44-35-03 103-33-59	L-8 "Mamen's Folly"

Google Maps	44-38-56 103-35-38	L-9 "Regretfully Yours"

Google Maps	44-35-08 103-26-12	L-10 "Orange Moon-Rise"

Google Maps	44-38-47 103-29-09	L-11 "Taxpayers' Children"

Google Maps	44-55-11 103-56-07	M-1 "No Accident"

Google Maps	45-02-04 103-53-00	M-2 "Meadowlark"

Google Maps	44-57-46 103-52-22	M-3 "Brown Pelican"

Google Maps	44-58-31 103-46-29	M-4 "Velvet Buck"

Google Maps	44-54-37 103-47-34	M-5 "Lame Doe"

Google Maps	44-52-01 103-52-18	M-6 "Killdeer"

Google Maps	44-47-44 103-50-39	M-7 "Kingbird"
Quite a long driveway.
Google Maps	44-43-15 103-51-00	M-8 "Crow Creek"

Google Maps	44-44-55 103-57-01	M-9 "Twin Antelope"

Google Maps	44-48-10 104-02-15	M-10 "Prairie's Edge"

Google Maps	44-57-53 104-01-20	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).

Google Maps	44-47-42 103-30-09	N-1 "Human Misery"

Google Maps	44-51-22 103-25-23	N-2 "Hard Times"
N-2 is the only operational site 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.net/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 quite clearly the silo was fixed up and put back in service.
Google Maps	44-47-10 103-25-25	N-3 "Small is Beautiful"

Google Maps	44-43-30 103-20-45	N-4 "More with Less"

Google Maps	44-43-09 103-27-49	N-5 "Fall of America"

Google Maps	44-44-00 103-33-40	N-6 "Brave New World"

Google Maps	44-41-13 103-41-33	N-7 "Crazy Bald Head"

Google Maps	44-46-06 103-38-51	N-8 "Jah Love"

Google Maps	44-51-52 103-43-37	N-9 "Livestock at Large"

Google Maps	44-50-30 103-39-11	N-10 "Amber Waves"

Google Maps	44-54-38 103-38-54	N-11 "Siberian"

Google Maps	44-55-29 103-14-13	O-1 "Castle Rock"

Google Maps	45-00-44 103-02-22	O-2 "Supply and Demand"

Google Maps	44-57-32 103-08-14	O-3 "The Gang's All Here"

Google Maps	44-55-16 103-01-15	O-4 "Winston Smith"

Google Maps	44-52-30 103-06-27	O-5 "Big Brother"
Quite a long driveway.
Google Maps	44-49-58 103-11-51	O-6 "Timothy Leary"

Google Maps	44-47-17 103-16-28	O-7 "Dain Bramage"

Google Maps	44-51-48 103-17-36	O-8 "Be Here Now"

Google Maps	44-56-47 103-25-20	O-9 "Jimi Hendrix"

Google Maps	44-57-15 103-20-12	O-10 "Trickle Down"
The "trickle down" theory of finance was popular at the time, and largely ridiculed.
Google Maps	45-00-57 103-25-21	O-11 "Nuremberg...Ha!"

Google Maps	44-08-57 103-05-26	Training Silo
The training silo, known as the Minuteman Maintenance & Procedures Trainer. The site is included on the South Dakota Air & Space Museum tour of the base, see http://www.sdairandspacemuseum.com/index.php. The USGS 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). Scott Murdock toured in August of 2010 and includes several pictures in his trip report Ellsworth Echoes.
Google Maps	44-10-05 103-06-30	WSA
Based on the impressive perimeter fence, this looks like the Weapons Storage Area (WSA).