I’m on the hunt today for the abandoned Lyndonville Air Force Radar Base. It was a 1950s, cold-war era base used by the air force defense command to provide support and protection to various Strategic Air Command bases in the northeast region of the united states. The base was shut down less than 10 years after opening due to general technological and financial mismanagement.

The base consisted of two parts, a lower section with barracks and various recreational activity centers for use by the soldiers assigned to the base. And an upper section, 2.2 miles up the road at the top of the mountain, where the actual radar towers are located. The road is blocked to vehicle traffic a quarter mile up the road from the lower section, meaning I would need to park there and walk the rest of the way up the hill.

The weather was supposed to have cleared up, but clearly that was not the case and I was in for a bit of a less than pleasant hunt.

I am not an outdoorsy person. I don’t hike or trek through the woods or anything even remotely like that, so I knew this would likely be outside of my wheelhouse. However, I’ve been fixated on attempting to explore this place for the better part of a year now, so I decided to give it a shot anyway and hope for the best.


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00:00 Intro
00:44 On the Hunt
03:13 Exploring the Lower Section of the Base
06:07 Walking Up to the Radar Towers
10:04 Exploring the Towers
13:41 Outro

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