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Detachment Hotel [a] (also known as "the Kennedy Bunker") is the name used to refer to a small 1,500-square-foot (140 m 2) bunker complex on Peanut Island, Florida. It was originally designed for use by the President of the United States, specifically John F. Kennedy, in the event of a nuclear war. Constructed in 1960, the bunker was closed ...
The entrance to the Cold War-era John F. Kennedy bunker on Peanut Island in 2019. Built in 1961, it is undergoing a renovation by the county parks department. The inside of the Cold War-era John F ...
Peanut Island is a 79-acre (0.32 km 2) island at the mouth of the Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The island was created by dredging-related projects in 1918 which also created the inlet and the Port of Palm Beach. Originally named Inlet Island, the island was renamed Peanut Island for a planned peanut oil ...
When John F. Kennedy began his presidency at the height of the Cold War, a secret bunker was constructed for him on Peanut Island. The dingy, steel fallout shelter was made to protect the leader ...
Farther north, on Peanut Island, is a nuclear bomb shelter built for Kennedy. Known as the "Kennedy bunker," it was established to protect Kennedy and allow the commander-in-chief to conduct ...
In the upper Florida Keys Palm Beach Island: 8.12 square miles (21.0 km 2) Palm Beach Barrier island Palm Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Palm Key: Monroe In Florida Bay: Paradise Island: Osceola In Lake Tohopekaliga Park Key: 70 acres (28 ha) Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Peanut Island: 0.32 square kilometres (0.12 sq ...
Plan a day trip to Peanut Island. Peanut Island, the 80-acre tropical island located at the west end of the Palm Beach (Lake Worth) Inlet, is a get-there-only-by-boat county park, where long ...
Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009.