Hilltop Drive-In

1800 Maple Road,
Joliet, IL 60432

Closed
1 screen
623 cars

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on May 22, 2010 at 7:01 pm

SiliconSam,Great video of the Hilltop.

SiliconSam
SiliconSam on March 9, 2010 at 6:48 am

Video of the closed Hill-Top on You-Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjEQQ5yU-3g

lostmemory
lostmemory on June 29, 2009 at 5:56 pm

Here is a recent photo.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 31, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Wow, this place is haunting. Great location for a film’s climax of some sort.

Does anyone know if the nearby town of Lemont had any movie theatres of it’s own?
I know the old drug store on the main drag near the I&M Canal is still there. Budds or whatever it is.
Along with a few landmark taverns & restaurants.

HilltopKen
HilltopKen on October 31, 2008 at 6:30 pm

I worked as a security guard at the Hilltop 1970 – 1972 back when L&M Management Co ran it and the Rialto and either the Princess or Mode theater. The screen had 4 or five floors of storage space accessible with stairs and ladders. Mostly junk up there back then.

lostmemory
lostmemory on October 26, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Car capacity was 500.

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 4, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Entrance, rear of screen and front of screen in August 2008.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on May 10, 2008 at 2:22 pm

Here is a photo from waymarking.com:
http://tinyurl.com/6nxkg7

lostmemory
lostmemory on January 11, 2008 at 1:56 pm

Here is a recent photo.

TRAINPHOTOS
TRAINPHOTOS on May 17, 2005 at 8:35 pm

To see great photos of this place as it existed in 2002, go to the following website http://www.geocities.com/chucksphotospot Then click on “Urban Exploration”, and then “Hilltop Drive-In. This guy has great pictures of urban ruins!