I grew up right there, we just used the Gemco and Food Giant Parking Lots for stuff like this.
Believe it or not, parking lots didn’t use to have buildings or concrete stops in them, they were All just wide open with painted lines.
I haven't seen a Gemco for almost 40 years. I still have a Super-8 movie camera that we bought at one back in the mid-70s. It still works, too!