Delta-01 functioned as topside support for the underground Launch Control Center which lay 31 feet below the Launch Control Facility. It acted as a multi-purpose facility. To see the interior of Delta-01, visitors need to attend a ranger-guided tour. Due to the size of the elevator and the confined space underground, tours are limited to 6 visitors at a time.
From 1963 until the early 1990s, the missile silo at Delta-09 contained a fully operational Minuteman Missile, bearing a 1.2 megaton nuclear warhead. The Delta-09 missile silo was one of 150 spread across western South Dakota. In total there were 1,000 Minuteman's deployed from the 1960's into the early 1990's. Visitors can now tour the site on their own.
The visitor center is the best place to begin your visit to the park and explore the story of the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System and its role in the larger context of the Cold War. Staff are available daily to assist visitors in learning more about the park. Visitor amenities include restrooms, public wi-fi, exhibits, park film, and a bookstore. During the summer travel counselors from the South Dakota Department of Tourism are available.
The former nuclear warhead equipped Atlas E site was constructed in 1961. There were a total of four Atlas E sites in Weld County. This particular missile site was deactivated in 1965 and was turned over to Weld County where today it serves as a county park.
The Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility near Cooperstown, North Dakota was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Also known as Oscar-Zero MAF and as O-0 MAF, it exemplifies Utilitarian architecture. Oscar-Zero is included in North Dakota's Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site with the November-33 Launch Facility.
Built in 1962 as a Minuteman missile launch control facility, Quebec-01 was re-purposed for the Peacekeeper Missile in 1986 and was used until 2005. Twenty-five miles north of Cheyenne, the Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility is open to the public as a Wyoming State Park.
The South Dakota Air & Space Museum boasts an extensive collection of artifacts and documents that capture the distinguished history of Ellsworth Air Force Base, the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, and the 28th Bomb Wing throughout the Cold War.
