Moonlighter Drive-In

Texas 581 and Tilden Road,
Pearsall, TX 78061

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on January 28, 2011 at 5:21 pm

There was HUB drive-in Theatre in this Town.Name change?

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on December 27, 2010 at 5:38 am

ozoner, CT uses Google Mapping. I just clicked on the map in the header and it seems to work okay for me.
I hear what you are saying about changes over the years with street names, addresses changing and so on. Many of us CT members have found that Google is not the most accurate either, some of their mapping can be way off and is as old as four years.

NYozoner
NYozoner on December 27, 2010 at 4:59 am

@Chuck: It is both strange and irritating. What mapping program are you using? 120 Tilden Rd will not work for me in either Google Earth or MapQuest, so I do not think it is just a Google thing.

There are a few reasons that newspaper ad address and internet mapping won’t match up. One reason is that newspaper ads used addresses from many years ago, which may have been valid at the time of printing, but the road number systems were changed over the years. Another reason is that the name of the town or municipality needs to match the location on the roadway address, as many drive-ins would be located just over a town line, but are thought to be located in the town. The road address might match up by using the name of the correct municipality.

When I have trouble mapping an exact road address, I try to use an intersection of the two roads which are closest to the drive-in. Intersections seem to map better for some reason than road numbers, in some instances, for whatever reason.

However you want to explain it, internet mapping can be tricky. I try to test out the address on the two mapping sites which I use, and then post the address which seems to work the best.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on December 26, 2010 at 11:05 pm

I find it rreally strange that the newspaper ads list the address at 120 Tilden Rd. and hitting the map button in the header and list the 120 Tilden Rd. it maps properly for me.

NYozoner
NYozoner on December 26, 2010 at 1:17 am

Texas 581 Spur & Tilden Rd, Pearsall, TX 78061 will map to this drive-in.

The drive-in is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of 581 and Tilden Rd.

120 Tilden Road will not map to any specific address on Google Earth.

AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on November 10, 2010 at 5:38 am

Oh, I know. I just gave that address in case anybody had trouble with the Tilden Road one.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on November 10, 2010 at 5:30 am

Andy, as far as the addresses they are the addresses of the theatres, there are a lot of instances that google improperly maps roads and streets. We don’t want to change the address to conform to google’s inaccuracies but give the actural address of the theatre. If you look at some of the dates on the google maps and street views some are dated as far back as 2006.

AndyCallahanMajorMajor
AndyCallahanMajorMajor on November 9, 2010 at 1:40 pm

The address listed above may be correct, but Google doesn’t map it correctly. It might not recognize Tilden Road as the local name of the street. Try 102 Farm to Market Road 1582.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on November 9, 2010 at 2:43 am

300 Car Capacity.
2004 photo of the damaged screen.
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120 Tilden Rd.
Pearsall, TX. 78061

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on November 6, 2009 at 8:53 pm

Another Drive in in this city was THE HUB DRIVE IN owned by D.H.HUBBARD.I have some info on the CHIEF DRIVE IN in Austin,Texas if you are working up that state’s drive-ins.I could not find the CHIEF on CT.