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Virginia Drive-ins

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Lonesome Pine
Drive-in
Coeburn, VA		 Starlite Drive-in
Christiansburg, VA
The Lonesome Pine Drive-in is closed but this sign and an abandoned screen remain. The drive-in opened around 1949 and closed in 1998. [map]

The Starlite Drive-in opened in 1952 and is still operating as a single-screen. By 2015, the sign's readerboard had been replaced with a digital display. For more, see this website. [map]

Moonlite Drive-in
Abingdon, VA
The Moonlite Drive-in opened in 1949 and is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in in Virginia. It closed in 2013. After extensive renovations, there were plans to reopen in 2017. However, the partners had a falling out that that never happened. The sign and screentower were still in bad shape until 2024 when new owners restored them with LED tubing instead of neon. For more, see this website. [map]

Hull's Drive-in
Lexington, VA

Hull's Drive-in opened in 1950 as the single-screen Lee Drive-In. In August 1957, Sebert Hull bought the drive-in and renamed it after himself. Hull and his wife ran the drive-in for the next 40 years. In 1998, Mrs. Hull sold the place to the adjacent body shop which ran the place for the rest of the year. When the drive-in did not reopen in 1998, local residents formed a non-profit group called Hull's Angels and raised money to repair and reopen the drive-in in 2000. A new screen tower was built by 2015. For more, see this website. [map]

Family Drive-in
Stephens City, VA
The Family Drive-in opened in 1957. The neon sign on the screen tower still works. For more, see this website. [map]

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Harvey’s Drive-In (Lynchburg) [gone]

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