Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
Protected park · SD, USA
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in SD, USA. Operated by National Park Service.
Usual hours
- Mon closed
- Tue–Sat 9:00–15:00
- Sun closed
About
Entrance / day-use fee applies.
This park's official page lists: Store / concessions.
This park's official page lists: Visitor center.
At the park
- Exhibits
- Visitor center
Shows and experiences
- Historic sites & museum
Before you go
- Mobility
- Available in the park: mobility & stroller rentals. Confirm rental availability and pricing with the park.
- Limits
- Leashed pets are not allowed inside the Visitor Center or Launch Control Facility Delta-01 (except for service animals). more information
- Limits
- During regular operating hours acess is allowed inside the fence at the silo, where visitors can walk up to the glass enclosure over the open silo, and gaze down at a Minuteman II missile
- ⚠ Caution: Warning about GPS Systems!
- Vehicle Navigation Systems and GPS units may provide inaccurate information—sending drivers the wrong way on one-way roads, leading them to dead ends in remote areas, or sending them on roads which are impassable. Use the Interstate exits for wayfinding.
- Getting there
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is located at three sites along a fifteen mile stretch of Interstate 90 in western South Dakota. The Visitor Center is located immediately north of I-90, exit 131. The two historic sites which make up the park are four miles (Launch Control Facility Delta-01) and 15 miles (Launch Facility Delta-09) from the Visitor Center. No public transportation systems serve the park.
- Weather & when to go
- Rapid weather changes are common in the western South Dakota area where Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is located. Variations from season to season and from year to year are great. Characteristics of the climate are hot dry summers and bitterly cold winters. Wind is a constant on the Great Plains, winds in excess of 50 mph not uncommon. During the winter season, winds typically blow from the north-northwest and have been known to cause wind chills in excess of -40 degrees.
- Visitor center
- Delta-01 Launch Control Facility
- Visitor center
- Delta-09 Missile Silo
- Visitor center
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center
- Visitor center
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center
- Visitor center
- Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center
- Visitor center
- Minuteman Missile NHS Visitor Center
- Visitor center
- Minuteman Missile NHS Visitor Center
- Visitor center
- Minuteman Missile NHS Visitor Center — For the summer season the visitor center will be open daily, from 8 am to 4 pm. — The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Visitor Center is located on the north side of exit 131 Interstate 90. From the east, via I-90 Follow I-90 west to exit 131. Turn right off the exit and visitor center will be 1/4 mile on the left. From the west, via I-90 Follow I-90 east to exit 131. Turn left off the exit, go across the overpass and the visitor center will be 1/2 mile on the left.
- Visitor center
- Quebec-One MAF
Facilities on the park map
3 bench, 3 changing table, 3 mobility rental, 13 restroom, 9 visitor information, 1 water fountain.
History
- Opened
- 1999
- Heritage status
- Listed heritage / protected status
- Park opened