Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course Grantville: Fixed Location and Straight-Line Distance Reference

From Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, the documented straight-line distances include 69.9 miles to Wind Creek, 92.0 miles to Parx, 104.8 miles to Washington DC, 117.5 miles to Harrington, 138.7 miles to Showboat, 138.9 miles to Ocean Casino, 140.9 miles to NYC, and many more listed below, all marked straight-line. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The fixed point here is the venue itself: Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course is in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at documented coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. If you are trying to decide where it sits in relation to other places, straight-line figures are useful as a clean geographic reference, but they are not a substitute for a route planner.

Where the venue is

Publicly published reference sources place Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. The documented coordinates are 40.39666667 latitude and -76.65861111 longitude, which give the venue a fixed position even when branding, operating arrangements, or facility figures change over time.

The same reference sources describe the property as owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. Ownership and operating structure matter for understanding how a property is organised, but they do not change the basic geographic point: the venue is in Grantville in the state of Pennsylvania.

Documented straight-line distance table

How to read these mileage figures

Each figure in the table is a great-circle measurement: the shortest path between two points over the earth's surface. That makes it useful for comparing relative geographic position, but not for predicting the length of a real trip.

Publicly published reference sources also make the key caveat explicit: these are not driving miles, and driving is always longer. Real routes bend around terrain, follow the available road network, cross bridges at specific points, detour around water, and may change shape when a trip crosses state lines or built-up urban areas.

That difference is why a straight-line figure should be read as orientation, not itinerary. If you need the real route from your starting point, the next step is to enter the venue's documented city and coordinates into a mapping service and compare route options there.

What the coordinates tell you about regional position

The venue's coordinates place it in the Northern Hemisphere and west of the prime meridian, which is consistent with its documented location in Pennsylvania. Within the United States frame, that puts the property in the northeastern part of the country rather than the South, Midwest, or West Coast.

The longitude of -76.65861111 places the venue east of places with more negative longitudes and west of places with less negative western longitudes. The latitude of 40.39666667 places it north of lower-latitude reference points and south of higher-latitude ones. That is enough to explain why some northeastern reference points appear relatively close in straight-line terms while western and southern reference points appear much farther away.

Documented facility facts that help identify the place

This article is about the place first, not live operating details. Publicly published reference sources describe Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course as having over 2,480 slot machines as of July 2010, and they note that table games began operation on July 13, 2010.

The same reference sources state that the track opened on August 30, 1972. Facility figures and operational milestones are time-specific and can change, so they are best read here as identifying facts about the venue rather than as current-day promises.

Why some reference points cluster and others spread out

The distance table shows several clusters. Nearby northeastern and Mid-Atlantic references include Wind Creek at 69.9 straight-line miles, Parx at 92.0 straight-line miles, Washington DC at 104.8 straight-line miles, Harrington at 117.5 straight-line miles, Showboat at 138.7 straight-line miles, Ocean Casino at 138.9 straight-line miles, NYC at 140.9 straight-line miles, and Manhattan at 141.0 straight-line miles.

Farther out, the western and southwestern references expand sharply, such as Sacramento at 2368.3 straight-line miles, San Francisco at 2433.2 straight-line miles, San Jose at 2416.0 straight-line miles, and San Antonio at 1444.9 straight-line miles. That spread reflects plain geography: the venue is fixed in Pennsylvania, while the reference points cover a large part of North America and beyond.

The table also includes duplicate or near-duplicate naming forms for some references, such as Houston and Houston Texas, San Antonio and San Antonio Texas, and Motor City and Motorcity. They are kept as separate rows here because the documented matrix lists them separately, and this article does not merge, rename, or recompute any pair.

What to confirm before you go

If you are planning a real trip, confirm the changeable details from the venue's own current channels before leaving. That includes the present address presentation, parking arrangements, entry procedures, event-day access changes, and any venue-specific guest policies.

For travel planning, use a current mapping service for road mileage and routing from your actual starting point. If you are comparing this venue with another property, use the documented straight-line table here only as a baseline geographic reference, then check each property's own contact and visitor information pages for anything that can change.

FAQ

Can this article tell me how far the venue is from my location?

No. Your location is not fixed in this article, so it cannot be measured unless it matches one of the documented reference points already listed. What this article can give you is the venue's fixed position in Grantville, Pennsylvania, its coordinates, and the published straight-line distances to the named places in the table.

Are the miles in the table the same as driving miles?

No. Every mileage figure here is explicitly a straight-line, great-circle measurement. Real road distance is longer because routes follow the road network and must deal with terrain, water crossings, urban street layouts, and other constraints. For actual trip planning, use the venue's location in a live mapping service.

What is the simplest reliable way to verify I have the right place?

Match three fixed identifiers together: the name Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, the documented location in Grantville, Pennsylvania, and the coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. You can also cross-check the historical identifiers published for the property, including the August 30, 1972 opening date and the documented owner-operator description.

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