S-33 Youngs Lake/Renton
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member bootron
N 47° 27.138 W 122° 06.682
10T E 566986 N 5255811
A very secluded former Nike Missile site that is now home to Maple Valley Elementary, one of the many Rainier Christian Schools in the South King County area.
Waymark Code: WM1T6H
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member WrightStuff
Views: 143

This place is completely surrounded by barbed wire fence, I imagine this is leftover from the old missile days, unless the present tenants are seriously paranoid. It is not possible to enter the campus without permission. There are a few suspicious slabs of concrete with what appear to be hatches on the outskirts of the fence, but whether these are remnants of the missile days or not I have no idea.

Specific places to park are not available, but the street that takes you to the facility is basically abandoned, so you can leave your car on the side of the road and walk up to the fence, if you so desire. I found no plaques of any sort mentioning the status of the area as a former missile site, but it's clear when you get there that this school was not initially designed to be a school.

Here's a link to the school that is presently using the location:

Maple Valley Elementary

Link to Ed Thelen's Nike location page that includes the site you are submitting: [Web Link]

Parking location: Not Listed

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