Traffic is going to get so much worse during "practice weeknight schlepping" with all the feds going into the office now so these drives will get even longer and more aggravating.

Don't look into travel shorts if you don't want to travel. There are no good clubs in that area that won't be at least a 15 mile drive away (20-45 minutes). If you (good idea) want to avoid valor, which is also not actually as close as most think) VSA is probably the next closest followed by Herndon.