Mike,
Sadly to shoot at 1K requires a little driving. I am so used to closing up the shop on a Saturday at 4pm, hoping in my truck, driving for 4 to 8 hours only to sleep in the back of my truck, or sometimes underneath it, only to wake up at 6am to shoot a regional or some other match, then drive home that evening and pull in at some un-godly time of night, that a 3 hour drive is kinda local :)
I was trying to find some un-reclaimed strip mine around rt 61 to buy cheap and build a full 1K Palma range. It is tough to find cheap land, that faces kinda north, with a safe fan area, and a decent natural backstop(mountain), that is reasonably level, within a couple hours of Phila. That could accomodate a large number of shooters, and still be rural. Just not very feasable it would seem anywhere near us :(
John