We were in Punxy on a little family road trip, and stopped into Groundhog Lanes on a whim. There were a couple of birthday parties going on at the time, but the manager still let us use a couple lanes. He gladly pulled up the bumper rails so our kids could bowl better than a 22, haha. There were plenty of bowling balls of varying weights/hole sizes to find one that worked well for each of us.
This sweet, cute little old-time'y small-town country bowling alley is just that--it is quaint, it is simple, it is low-tech. There is no automatic scoring here; you have to dust off your bowling-scoring brain, and keep score on paper sheets yourself. Squaring up your bill in the end is simply bringing your score sheet up to the counter, and paying cash for however many games you clocked.
Games were $2.50 per person, and shoes were $1 a piece, so for two games a piece and a couple hours of fun we were all in at $24. There are only about a dozen lanes here, so open bowling may fill up at other times, but not a bad deal these days if you can get in. The families enjoying the birthday party festivities seemed to be having a good time, too. If you're in the Punxsutawney area and have an itch to bowl, this cute, friendly place gets the job done. read more