How far do you live from your bowling alley?

[e-tank]

Ive been seeing posts about people driving 30+ mins just to get to the nearest alley. Made me realize im spoiled cuz i live about 5 min away from mine :cool:

How about you guys?

[Fuzzifus]

The main house I practice in is 3 minutes from my house.....but I have 4 houses within 10 minutes of me. The house I bowl 2 of my leagues in is 25 minutes away......

[scottymoney]

I have 2 within 5 minutes.

[ssclary]

2 alleys in my city, both about 15 minutes away. It is nice having them close.

[ecub]

About 15 minutes from my main house (Mon & Wed), about 30 minutes on a house I sub in on Thursdays, and 40 minutes on one I sub in on Sundays.

[Zothen]

I'm within 10-15 minutes from the 5 alley's closet to me.

Zothen

[Rdmonster]

10 minutes

[GeoLes]

I live apprx 1.5 miles from Plaza Lanes, 5 miles from Hanover Lanes. But.....

I travel 30 miles to Brunswick Zone Hazlet lanes. It's worth it for lane oil and approach quality and pro shop. (My local lanes meet overhead through kiddie parties. I don't mind the parties, but sticky approaches and unoiled lanes are sometimes a hassle)

I also travel 1 hour South to Brunswick Zone Carrolier Lanes. Well worth the trip. There are about 60 lanes, Great pro shop. Excellent oil all the time. Carrolier makes it overhead through leagues and touraments as well as parties. The far righ lanes are where parties are happen. Other lanes for practice, leagues, lessons and tournaments. A truly great place. I wish I lived closer.

[CeKnauss]

I live within 3 miles of an alley, within 20 miles of about 6 more, and I work on weekends at one 2 hours away... What can I say, I started working there before I moved and I love working there!

[Greenday]

I travel 30 miles to Brunswick Zone Hazlet lanes. It's worth it for lane oil and approach quality and pro shop. (My local lanes meet overhead through kiddie parties. I don't mind the parties, but sticky approaches and unoiled lanes are sometimes a hassle)

I also travel 1 hour South to Brunswick Zone Carrolier Lanes. Well worth the trip. There are about 60 lanes, Great pro shop. Excellent oil all the time. Carrolier makes it overhead through leagues and touraments as well as parties. The far righ lanes are where parties are happen. Other lanes for practice, leagues, lessons and tournaments. A truly great place. I wish I lived closer.

I go to Hazlet to get my balls drilled and tinkered with. Google says it's a little over 8 miles and takes about 25-30 minutes. I like bowling there, but for some reason, the lanes tend to be a little too forgiving and don't challenge me much.

My coach and I are going to go to Carrolier to watch pros bowl in a couple weeks. I can't wait.

The lanes I practice by myself are 5 miles/10 minutes away. Another set I sometimes go to is 6 miles/15 minutes away.

The lanes I bowl league in is about 25 miles/30+ minutes away (I go there during rush hour).

And finally, the lanes I get lessons at is 24 miles/35 minutes away.

[backlasher]

My main alley is 7 miles away but the next closest is about 45 minutes.

[coachkapps]

28 miles....depending on traffic, 40-45 minutes. Another one 20 miles / 25 minutes. The one in my town is a joke.

[striker12]

well if i still bowled in kingsrton 30min walk or 2min drive but the bowling allie in at now 45min-1hr

[TheSheibs]

The one I bowl league at is was about 2 minutes away but since I moved, it is now about 10 to 15 minutes away. I also have another one that is supper small, 8 lanes, about 2 minutes from me.

[jbeck]

I'm military and lucky to have one on my base or go to the one at the other base just 5 minutes away. I either go after work or during my lunch hour if I'm lucky. From my home though it's about 15-20min depending on traffic.

[wimsical]

A 15/20 minute bicycle ride away from my door. About 3 miles.

[2fingerroller]

About 10-15 minutes.

[J Anderson]

According to Mapquest 0.36 mi.

[Hammer]

The alleys I bowl on now are five minutes from my house by car. Plus our house has the pro-shop in it which makes it really nice. During the winter this turns out to be a real benefit.

[EboniteKid299]

The one like 15 minutes away is awful, and then the next closest is about 40-45 minutes sucks

[noeymc]

i live within ten mins of 3 the 4 th is just 15

[billf]

Before we moved it was twenty minutes or so. Now it's only about three minutes. It was my wife's biggest selling point to get me to move. for her it's closer to work and the kids. I don't want to be too close to the kids and it's further from work for me. I actually have to drive by my old street for my work commute.

[GeoLes]

I go to Hazlet to get my balls drilled and tinkered with. Google says it's a little over 8 miles and takes about 25-30 minutes. I like bowling there, but for some reason, the lanes tend to be a little too forgiving and don't challenge me much.

My coach and I are going to go to Carrolier to watch pros bowl in a couple weeks. I can't wait.

The lanes I practice by myself are 5 miles/10 minutes away. Another set I sometimes go to is 6 miles/15 minutes away.

The lanes I bowl league in is about 25 miles/30+ minutes away (I go there during rush hour).

And finally, the lanes I get lessons at is 24 miles/35 minutes away.

One particularly nice thing about Carrlier is that they can hold torunaments and kiddie parties while stil accomodating the walk in bowler. Other lanes I know would have closed to walkins. Lanes are always well oiled on weekends too. Kiddie parties are on the far right on the other side of the wall, allowing competitive bowlers more concentration.

In the words of Kpax......

"Your produce alone makes it worth the trip"

[75lockwood]

The Ally i bowl at is about a 10 minute drive, but my school is a 5 minute walk from the ally so its still really convenient. there's another ally right down the street, but i don't like that one as much...

[americantrotter]

The house I bowl at is 25-30 min away. The other alley in my town is 40 min away and is only 12 lanes.

I wish we had more alleys, because the lack of competition creates lazy ownership/management.