Trenton, Georgia · Founded 2005
A modern Trenton drive-in with two 100-by-50-foot screens and a widely promoted claim to the world's largest outdoor movie theater.
Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater is a modern two-screen drive-in in Trenton, Georgia, operating by the mid-2000s rather than preserved from the original drive-in era. Its official and state-tourism materials describe two 100-foot-by-50-foot movie screens on a 45-acre site near Lookout Mountain. The theater operates seasonally, showing double features on weekends from spring through fall.
Public references place the opening of Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater in 2005, though the exact opening date and founding ownership require archival confirmation.
Source: Candidate research note requiring verification; Drive-Ins in America, Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater
The official Wilderness Theater website describes the venue as a two-screen outdoor movie theater with two 100-foot-by-50-foot screens.
Source: Wilderness Theater official website
Local reporting announces Wilderness's seasonal reopening, with Friday-through-Sunday programming from April through October and a cash-only admission policy.
Source: Local 3 News, Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater reopens for the season, April 28, 2026
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The theater's official website and Explore Georgia describe Wilderness as having two 100-foot-by-50-foot screens. Local reporting in 2026 also identifies it as a two-screen outdoor theater.
The official theater site, Explore Georgia, World Record Academy, and drive-in directories promote Wilderness as the world's largest outdoor movie theater or as holding a record for its 100-foot-by-50-foot screens. The dimensions are well supported, but this pass did not locate a Guinness World Records listing or an independently comprehensive worldwide comparison of active drive-in screens. The world-record wording should therefore remain attributed and qualified.
A 2026 local-news reopening report says the theater operates Friday through Sunday from April through October and that debit and credit cards are not accepted. Because practical policies can change, visitors should confirm payment rules and showtimes with the theater before traveling.
Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater is officially recognized by Guinness World Records for the world's largest drive-in screen.
The venue and regional tourism materials promote its two 100-foot-by-50-foot screens as world-leading, but this research did not locate a Guinness World Records listing. The dimensions are supported; the specific Guinness recognition is not verified.
Source: Wilderness Theater official website; Explore Georgia, Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater; World Record Academy, World's Largest Drive-In Movie Screens
Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater is at 217 South Scenic Highway and uses phone number 706-657-8454.
Current official and independent listings give the address as 217 Old Hales Gap Road, Trenton, Georgia 30752, and the phone number as 706-657-8411.
Source: Wilderness Theater official website; Explore Georgia, Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater; Local 3 News, April 28, 2026
Wilderness does not depend on inherited mid-century nostalgia alone: it was built for a later generation of drive-in audiences and makes scale its signature. Its two large outdoor screens, double-feature programming, mountain-border location, and weekend schedule draw visitors from northwest Georgia and the Chattanooga area. Current operations remain deliberately simple, including a cash-only policy reported during the 2026 season.
Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater is a modern Trenton, Georgia, drive-in that public references place as opening in 2005. It was built as a two-screen outdoor venue rather than preserved from the 1950s drive-in era. Its best-documented feature is its pair of 100-foot-by-50-foot screens, promoted by the theater and Georgia tourism sources as unusually large.
No. Wilderness Outdoor Movie Theater is a modern drive-in reported to have opened in 2005. Georgia's older surviving drive-in sites include Jesup Drive-In, which originated in 1948, and Atlanta's Starlight Drive-In Theatre, which opened in 1949.
Wilderness publicly promotes its two 100-foot-by-50-foot screens as the largest outdoor movie-theater or drive-in screens in the world. The screen dimensions are supported by the theater's official website and Explore Georgia, but this record claim was not independently verified through Guinness World Records or a complete worldwide screen comparison.
217 Old Hales Gap Rd, Trenton, GA 30752
706-657-8411
The theater is reported to operate Friday through Sunday from April through October. Local 2026 reporting says it is cash only, so confirm showtimes and payment policy with the theater before visiting.