List of military installations in Massachusetts facts for kids

This is a list of current and former military installations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Current military installations in Massachusetts

Joint facilities

Bases

• Joint Base Cape Cod (state designation, not federally recognized)

Centers

• David S. Connolly Armed Forces Reserve Center
• Westover Armed Forces Reserve Center

United States Army

Camps

• Camp Edwards
• Camp Curtis Guild

Centers

• Crosman Army Reserve Center
• Poncin Army Reserve Center
• Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center

Forts

• Fort Devens

Heliports

• Camp Edwards Heliport

Laboratories

• Base Camp Integration Laboratory

United States Navy

Centers

• Navy Operational Support Center Quincy

United States Air Force

Bases

• Barnes Air National Guard Base
• Hanscom Air Force Base
• Otis Air National Guard Base
• Westover Air Reserve Base

United States Space Force

Stations

• Cape Cod Space Force Station

United States Coast Guard

Air Stations

• Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod

Bases

• Coast Guard Base Boston
• Coast Guard Base Cape Cod

Depots

• United States Coast Guard Buoy Depot, South Weymouth

Stations

• Coast Guard Station Brant Point
• Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal
• Coast Guard Station Chatham
• Coast Guard Station Gloucester
• Coast Guard Station Menemsha
• Coast Guard Station Merrimack River
• Coast Guard Station Point Allerton
• Coast Guard Station Provincetown
• Coast Guard Station Scituate
• Coast Guard Station Woods Hole

Former military installations in Massachusetts

United States Army

Army Airfields

• Hyannis Army Airfield
• Moore Army Airfield
• New Bedford Army Airfield
• Otis Army Airfield

Armories

• Hudson Armory
• Lawrence Light Guard Armory
• Springfield Armory
• Water Shops Armory

Arsenals

• Charlestown Arsenal
• Watertown Arsenal

Bases

• South Boston Army Base

Camps

• Camp Adams
• Camp Andrew
• Camp Banks
• Camp Brigham
• Camp Cameron
• Camp Candoit
• Camp Chase
• Camp Dalton
• Camp Edmunds
• Camp Ellsworth
• Camp Framingham (Dalton, Bartlett, McGuinness, Dewey)
• Camp Guild
• Camp Havedoneit
• Camp Hill
• Camp Hingham
• Camp Hobson
• Camp Joe Hooker
• Camp Houston
• Ipswich Camp
• Camp Lander
• Camp Lincoln
• Camp Massasoit
• Camp Meigs
• Camp Myles Standish
• Camp Perkins
• Plymouth Camp
• Camp Prescott
• Camp Prospect Hill
• Camp Scott
• South Hingham Camp
• Camp Stanton
• Camp Sutton
• Camp Washburn
• Camp Wellfleet
• Camp Wightman
• Camp Wool

Centers

• Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center, Camp Edwards
• Gardner Army Reserve Center
• Greenfield United States Army Reserve Center
• United States Army Reserve Center Hingham
• MacArthur Army Reserve Center
• Harry J. Malony United States Army Reserve Center
• Millis United States Army Reserve Center

Firing Ranges

• Popponesset Firing Range
• Scorton Neck Firing Range

Forts

• Acushnet Fort
• Fort Andrew
• Fort Andrews
• Fort Banks
• Beverly Fort
• Fort Dalton
• Fort Dawes
• Fort Defiance
• Fort Duvall
• Eastern Point Fort
• Fort Glover (Gilbert Heights Fort)
• Fort Heath
• Fort Independence
• Fort Juniper
• Fort Lee
• Long Point Battery
• Fort Miller (Fort Darby)
• Fort Nichols (Fort Merrimac)
• Old Stone Fort
• Fort Philip
• Fort Phoenix
• Fort Pickering
• Fort Revere
• Fort Taber (Rodman)
• Fort Ruckman
• Fort at Salisbury Point
• Fort Sewall
• Stage Fort
• Fort Standish (Boston)
• Fort Standish (Plymouth)
• Fort Strong (East Boston & Long Island)
• Fort Warren
• Fort Washington
• Fort Winthrop

Heliports

• George H. Crosman United States Army Reserve Center Heliport

Hospitals

• Lovell General Hospital East
• Lovell General Hospital North
• Lovell General Hospital South
• Murphy Army Hospital

Labs

• Army Materials Technology Laboratory

Nike Sites

• Reading Nike Site B-03
• Danvers Nike Site B-05
• Beverly Nike Site B-15
• Nahant Nike Site B-17
• Fort Heath Nike Site B-21DC
• Fort Banks Nike Site B-21R
• Fort Duvall Nike Site B-36
• Weymouth (Quincy) Nike Site B-37
• Hingham Nike Site B-38
• Blue Hills (Milton) Nike Site B-55
• Needham Nike Site B-63
• Lincoln (Wayland) Nike Site B-73
• Burlington Nike Site B-84
• Bedford Nike Site B-85
• Rehoboth Nike Site PR-19
• Swansea Nike Site PR-29

Plants

• Lowell Ordnance Plant
• Pilgrim Ordnance Works

Proving grounds

• Scituate Proving Ground

Military Reservations

• Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation
• Brewster Islands Military Reservation
• Butler Point Military Reservation
• Calf Island Military Reservation
• East Point Military Reservation
• Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation
• Fourth Cliff Military Reservation
• Long Island Military Reservation
• Lovell's Island Military Reservation
• Mishaum Point Military Reservation
• Sagamore Hill Military Reservation
• Salisbury Beach Military Reservation

Training

• Fort Devens-Sudbury Training Annex

United States Navy

Naval Air Stations

• Naval Air Station Chatham
• Naval Air Station South Weymouth
• Naval Air Station Squantum
• Naval Training Station Marblehead
• Massachusetts State Militia Aviation Camp

Naval Airfields

• No Man's Land Navy Airfield

Naval Ammunition Depots

• Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot (Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex)

Areas

• Gull Island Bomb Area
• Tisbury Great Pond Target Area
• Weepecket Island Bomb Area

Naval Auxiliary Air Facilities

• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Ayer
• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Beverly
• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis
• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Martha's Vineyard
• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Nantucket
• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility New Bedford
• Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Otis

Camps

• Camp Hingham
• Camp Plunkett (Navy predecessor to Camp Curtis Guild)

Facilities

• United States Naval Mine Test Facility, Provincetown
• Naval Facility Nantucket

Hospitals

• Naval Hospital Boston

Plants

• Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bedford

Outlying Landing Fields

• Naval Outlying Landing Field Mansfield
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Norwood
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Plymouth
• Naval Outlying Landing Field Westfield

Reserve Centers

• Naval Reserve Center, Chicopee
• Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Center, Lawrence

Ranges

• Nomans Land Range
• Sandy Neck Bomb Target Range

Test Stations

• United States Navy Field Test Station, Fort Heath

Naval shipyards

• Boston Navy Yard (Chelsea Naval Annex, East Boston Naval Annex, Boston Naval Yard Fuel Depot Annex)
• South Boston Naval Annex

United States Air Force

Air Force Bases

• Otis Air Force Base
• Westover Air Force Base

Centers

• Air Force Electronic Systems Center

Facilities

• Air Force Special Projects Production Facility
• Post Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley

Hospitals

• 551st United States Air Force Hospital (Otis AFB)
• Westover Air Force Base Hospital

Laboratories

• Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories
• Fort Franklin Battlespace Laboratory

Air Force Plants

• United States Air Force Plant 28
• United States Air Force Plant 29
• United States Air Force Plant 63
• United States Air Force Plant 69

Ranges

• Monomoy Island Gunnery Range
• Quabbin Reservoir Precision Bombing and Gunnery Range

Air Force Stations

• North Truro Air Force Station
• Stony Brook Air Force Station

Texas Towers

• Texas Tower 2
• Texas Tower 3

United States Coast Guard

Air Stations

• Coast Guard Air Station Salem
• Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island

Loran

• Loran Transmitting Station Martha’s Vineyard
• LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket

Stations

• Coast Guard Station Manomet Point
• Coast Guard Station New Bedford