Sara-Placid Drive-In
Sara-Placid Road,
North Elba,
NY
12983
Sara-Placid Road,
North Elba,
NY
12983
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The Sara-Placid Drive-In was located on NY State Route 86, halfway between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid in the town of North Elba. One of the owners was Ernie Stautner who played football for many years as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The drive-in opened on June 24, 1950 with Glenn Ford in “The Man from Colorado” & Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in “Keep ‘em Flying”.
In addition to movies it was also used for church services during the 1950’s. The owners also operated an adjacent miniature golf course.
When the drive-in closed in 1974, the land was sold to the State of New York and is now a part of the McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area.
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An address or crossroad would be helpful. Any photos or more info?
I tried to find a more precise location for this drive-in. I don’t believe there were street addresses for the areas between villages on the state highways. I searched Google earth and found an area on the Sara-Placid Rd. between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake where the forest is not fully grown in, and I believe this is the former drive-in site. There are no crossroads as this is in a wilderness area.
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A closer address is Sara-Placid Rd & Old Military Rd, North Elba, NY.
The drive-in sits about ¾ a mile west of the crossroads on the north side of Sara-Placid Rd. You can just barely see the outline as the area is almost fully overgrown.
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Is the miniture golf still there?
Opened on 24/6/1950 with a Pluto cartoon(Canine Patrol), “The man from Colorado” and “Keep em flying”.