distance from your local DZ?

[Nimitz88 0]

just wondering how far everyone travels to go jump....

this doesnt necessarily mean the cloest DZ but the one you go to most often....

Deland skidiving is just about 2 hours away from me and was wondering if it would be worth it to travel that much....

Thanks

Chad

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[mattjw916 2]

I drive 4.5 hours to get to Eloy 2-3 weekends a month.

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[Morcyk 0]

I've only been to one and only found 2 in my area. One is 30 mins away and the other, the one I chose (Crosskeys) is about 45min-1hour away. I find it's worth it, but it would still be nice to buy a house within 5 mins of it.

[justaflygirl 0]

we drive about 15 miles from our house to Zhills!

[Mayberry 0]

I can be to Hartwood in 40 minutes or so with good traffic, Orange is around 1 hr 15-30 minutes. Unfortunately I haven't been to either in a while.

Don

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Don

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[JohnMitchell 16]

We live 15 minutes away from the DZ at Kapowsin. On marginal days, I can hang around the house getting stuff done, and still be on call for tandems, etc. If the weather clears, my wife and I grab the rigs, the kids, and go. Pretty cool, huh?

[justinb138 0]

96.8 miles. 1hr 15 minutes w/ no traffic, 1.5-2 hours in traffic to Skydive Dallas. There are 2 places that I know of that are closer (30 and 50 miles away), but I don't see myself going anywhere else anytime soon.

[Squeak 17]

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we drive about 15 miles from our house to Zhills!

Cool you'll have to come play when I'm there in January

I'm 1.5 hours from one DZ and 1 hour from the other

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[slotperfect 7]

35 minutes

Arrive Safely

John

[smooth 0]

1 - 2 hours average

Chicagoland Skydiving Center - Hinckley, Illinois (56.71 miles)

Skydive Chicago - Ottawa, Illinois (65.80 miles)

Skydive Midwest Sturtevant, Wisconsin (68.82 miles) haven't jumped there yet

Sky Knights SPC East Troy, Wisconsin (82.92 miles )

There used to be a dz 20-30 minutes away.

[kai2k1 0]

1 hour either way. Quantum leap is 65 miles from my house, Archway is 64 miles from my house.

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[FlyingJ 0]

I drive an hour to an hour and a half to get to Skydive the Farm in Georgia. There is a huge group of jumpers from Tallahassee that travel more than 4 hours each way to jump at The Farm. They usually come up twice a month or so, sometimes even more often.

I haven't been in the sport long, but it seems like when people find a dropzone with a good group of people and management that makes them feel welcome they'll drive just about any distance to get there, even if it means passing closer dropzones on the way.

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[kingbunky 3]

10 minutes or so, and for some reason i still manage to get up to about 100mph between the exit i get on the highway at, and the one i get off at. they're about 2 miles apart.

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[firstime 0]

Skydive Long island (30 minutes) in the off season
then crosskeys (2/12 hrs) or the rancch (2/12 hrs)

[bisqit999 0]

70 miles... takes anywhere from 1-3 hours...Long Island can be interesting to drive on....

[thelem 0]

1hour 15min. I don't think I could handle 4-5 hours every other weekend, I just couldn't be bothered to sit in a car that long, not to mention the cost.

[Tink1717 2]

There are three DZ's that I go to. Delmarva is 126 miles, Cross Keys is 115 miles and Maytown is 51 miles. BUT Cross Keys is $12.00 in tolls.

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[AggieDave 6]

I drive 10 minutes to the DZ. Basically, the DZ is in Bryan and I'm on the other side of College Station. That's a change from a couple of years ago when I lived 3 miles from the DZ. Man that was nice back then.

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[peacefuljeffrey 0]

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just wondering how far everyone travels to go jump....

this doesnt necessarily mean the closest DZ but the one you go to most often....

I drive to Sebastion from West Palm Beach on the weekends. Each way is about 96 miles, and takes between 1.5 - 2.0 hours or so.

Skydiving is worth it.

-Jeffrey

-Jeffrey
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[Sheenster303 0]

It takes me 45 to 50 minutes for me to get to ASC. I think the mileage is 40.5 or something like that.

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[ifics 0]

70 miles exactly for me

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[BGill 0]

exaclty 100 miles to Delmarva (takes a little less than 1.5 hours)

about 130 miles to Xkeys (less than 2 hours)

about 75km to Picton here in Australia (45 mins)

[Squeak 17]

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exaclty 100 miles to Delmarva (takes a little less than 1.5 hours)

about 130 miles to Xkeys (less than 2 hours)

about 75km to Picton here in Australia (45 mins)

Yeah well that luxury is about to end
How long to get to Florida and jump with me in Z Hills

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How's yours doing?

[BGill 0]

hmmm.... well i usually only head down to FL once a year, and eloy is gonna wipe me out of $$ for after the holiday season. but we will jump at some point. i promise!

[wee 0]

I have 2 in my area and both are about 60 miles away (on opposite sides of houston).
So, I'm about an hour away. Tack on 15 minutes if it's a weekday!

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