Buford Lake Drive-In

5648 Cumming Highway NE,
Buford, GA 30518

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 30, 2024 at 2:40 pm

The Buford Drive-In opened its gates on July 4, 1956 with Clark Gable in “The Tall Men” (unknown if extras added). The Buford Drive-In last went with the name “Buford Lake Drive-In” before closing either in or around January 1975. Woodhall Theatres was its last operator.

Drive-In 54
Drive-In 54 on November 8, 2018 at 7:23 pm

The address is: 5648 Cumming Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518… It is all residential houses now.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on November 8, 2018 at 11:00 am

i think it has been demolished because i can’t find it on google earth with the address given

CSWalczak
CSWalczak on February 2, 2011 at 8:55 am

Pictures on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com show what remained of this drive-in in 2004: http://www.drive-ins.com/gallery/gatburf

NYozoner
NYozoner on February 2, 2011 at 8:16 am

Despite the availability of quality 1960 aerial imagery for Buford on HistoricAerials.com, I was unable to locate anything resembling a drive-in on the road mentioned in the heading, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

As a matter of fact, that road did not even exist in 1960, so I have to question the validity of that information. It would not come as a shock to learn that it originated from Drive-ins.com, which contains the identical information as what is posted here.

On the bright side, I did locate a drive-in about 3.5 miles southwest of Buford, on Buford-Cumming Hwy.

5648 Cumming Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518

The above address will map accurately to the location of the drive-in, which is visible on Google Earth using historic aerial imagery.

Here is a 1960 aerial photo of the drive-in, courtesy of HistoricAerials.com.

teecee
teecee on April 20, 2005 at 5:30 am

A lot of sad pictures of the decayed theater at this link:
http://www.drive-ins.com/theater/gatburf