Journey inside the Dark and Flooded Building #4 at the Sycamore Canyon Atlas Rocket Test Facility

Sycamore Canyon Test Facility is rocket and weapons test site located east of MCAS Miramar in northern San Diego, California. A number of weapons contractors have had facilities at this site including Lockheed-Martin, Hughes Aircraft and General Dynamics. The engines for the Atlas missile and Centaur rocket stage were tested at this site.

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[RavenCK]

Do they patrol this area? can you go up there ok or do you still have to be careful?

Always looking for new SD places to visit.

[slworking2]

@RavenCK I haven't been here during the daytime during the week, but it does appear that occasional demolition and debris removal work is being done. It doesn't look like the structures will be torn-down anytime soon, fortunately. The northern part of the site (not seen here, of course) is still lit up at night, but there's no stationed security. I went on a Sunday afternoon/evening and didn't see anyone. :-) Send me a message if you want info on the best way to access the site.

[mitchthefearless]

dude thats awesome! i love urban exploration!

[slworking2]

@mitchthefearless Thanks man. I'll definitely be exploring (and shooting) this site some more in the near future.

[XFIGHTINGDREAMERX245]

Sycamore Canyon, Where old buses go to die (pause at 0:41).

[DBBTyler]

My friends and I just explored this. That's awesome. There's another test pad directly over the mountain west of this.

[braejas]

Man, To think about all the things that used to go on here!!! Def a huge peice of San Diego's History!! Thanks for sharing!!!