This AN/FPS-35 Radar at Camp Hero State Park in Montauk, New York. The radar ... Montauk was the operational parent station for Texas Tower 3 (TT-3) offshore in the Atlantic Ocean …

Feb 18, 2023 · SAGE radar tower and concrete cottage at Camp Hero in Montauk . Just before you get to the Montauk Lighthouse, there is a turn-off to a 415-acre public park called Camp …

Camp Hero State Park is a 754-acre (3.05 km 2) state park ... are plans to create a museum and an interpretive center that will focus on World War II and Cold War history inside the radar …

Jan 24, 2024 · An enormous high-power radar tower added in 1960 and later abandoned is said to be the last of its kind standing today, albeit in a state of increasing decay. ... which opened …

Jul 20, 2016 · Camp Hero, the abandoned radar station located at Montauk Point, Long Island, doesn’t look like much. The former coastal defense station is really just a few abandoned …

Jun 5, 2014 · Built in 1942 and steeped in legend, the now defunct Camp Hero is home to the towering SAGE radar tower (with a 120-foot, 70-ton “dish”) and numerous outbuildings, …

Apr 28, 2022 · Of a dozen of its kind, the one at Camp Hero was the only one not to be dismantled, reportedly because fishermen valued it as a landmark. The radar tower was added …

Camp Hero grew to cover 278 acres and included four surplus 16-inch naval rifles, originally intended for battleships which were installed in two concrete bunkers. Aside from these …

May 23, 2020 · The giant radar tower, which still stands high over the ruins like a steel beacon, was to provide early warning for the east coast by transmitting the alert if German U-boats or …

Camp Hero is located in the hamlet of Montauk, and is less than a mile from Montauk Point Lighthouse along the easternmost tip of Long Island. During the Cold War, Camp Hero's radar …