Mohegan Sun's Fixed Location and What It Changes

113.3 miles straight-line from New York City, and that is not a drive time

The documented straight-line distance between Mohegan Sun and New York City is 113.3 miles, measured as the crow flies. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time for any route.

Mohegan Sun is a fixed point in Uncasville, Connecticut. Its coordinates place it in the southeastern part of the state, northeast of New York City and southwest of Boston. What changes is where a reader starts from, not where the venue sits.

The question of whether a specific slot machine title is on the floor at any given moment is a live inventory question. This article does not carry machine-level listings. The venue's own gaming floor directory and guest services desk are the channels that hold the current answer.

Where the venue sits

Mohegan Sun is located in Uncasville, Connecticut, within the town of Montville. The venue's documented coordinates are 41.49222222 degrees north latitude and 72.09138889 degrees west longitude. Those coordinates place it inland from the Connecticut coastline, east of the Connecticut River and north of Long Island Sound.

The property sits on sovereign tribal land owned and operated by the federally recognized Mohegan Tribe. The resort first opened on October 12, 1996. Its documented gaming floor spans more than 364,000 square feet, with over 6,500 slot machines and 370 table games documented in publicly published reference sources.

The two hotel towers, the Sky Tower and the Earth Tower, together provide more than 1,500 rooms. The Earth Tower opened in 2016. These figures describe a documented point in time and are revised as properties are rebuilt and expanded.

Straight-line distances to reference cities

The table below lists every documented straight-line distance pairing supplied for Mohegan Sun. Each measurement is great-circle distance, not road mileage. A reader measuring from a city not listed here can use the venue's coordinates as the fixed endpoint and their own starting coordinates to compute a straight-line figure themselves.

Why road distance is always longer

Straight-line distance measures the shortest path across the surface of the earth between two coordinate pairs. A road cannot follow that path. It must follow the road network, which bends around terrain, water bodies, state boundaries, and the practical decisions made when highways were built.

For Mohegan Sun, the surrounding geography adds real detours. The venue sits inland from Long Island Sound, and any route from New York City or Long Island must cross water or circle around it. Routes from Boston and points north cross the Massachusetts-Connecticut border and then navigate the mixed rural and suburban road grid of eastern Connecticut. Routes from the west cross the Hudson River corridor and the hills of western Connecticut.

None of those detours are reflected in a straight-line figure. That is why this article labels every mileage figure as great-circle and does not publish road mileage or travel time. A reader who needs a drive time must measure it from their own starting point using a mapping tool that accounts for actual roads, traffic, and border crossings.

What the coordinates tell you about the region

The venue's latitude of 41.49 degrees north places it roughly level with the southern edge of New England, north of New York City and south of Boston. Its longitude of 72.09 degrees west places it east of the Hudson River and west of Cape Cod. Those coordinates support only directional statements: New York City lies southwest, Boston lies northeast, Hartford lies west, and Providence lies east.

The venue is not on the coast. It sits inland, which matters for anyone assuming a beachfront resort. The nearest documented straight-line reference points on the coast are Atlantic City at 191.6 miles and Rehoboth Beach Delaware at 248.1 miles, both to the south and southwest.

Connecticut is a small state, and Mohegan Sun sits in its southeastern corner. That corner is closer to Rhode Island than to most of Connecticut's western towns. The documented straight-line distance to Boston, at 80.1 miles, is shorter than the distance to New York City, at 113.3 miles, even though the venue is in Connecticut.

If the question is about a specific slot machine

The query asks whether Mohegan Sun has a Kronos slot machine. That is a floor inventory question, not a location question. This article cannot answer it. Slot machine titles rotate on and off casino floors as leases end, cabinets are replaced, and floor layouts change.

What is documented is the scale of the floor: more than 364,000 square feet of gaming space and over 6,500 slot machines, according to publicly published reference sources. A floor that size carries a rotating mix of titles, and no static article can state which individual title is present on a given day.

The authoritative current answer lives in two places: the venue's own gaming floor directory, which is updated as machines move, and the guest services desk on the property. A reader who wants to know before travelling should contact guest services directly through the venue's published contact page and ask for the current slot floor listing.

What to confirm before you go

Several things change between the time an article is written and the time a reader arrives. This article documents fixed location facts and facility figures from publicly published reference sources, but live conditions are different.

• Whether a specific slot machine title is currently on the floor. Confirm with the venue's gaming floor directory or guest services desk.
• Current operating hours for the gaming floor and hotel. Confirm on the venue's published hours page.
• Room availability and any stay requirements. Confirm through the venue's own booking channel.
• Road conditions and drive time from your starting point. Use a mapping tool that accounts for live traffic.
• Any tribal land access policies or identification requirements. Confirm with the venue before travelling.

None of those items are published in this article because they are not fixed facts. They are live conditions that the venue itself is the only reliable source for.

FAQ

Does Mohegan Sun have a Kronos slot machine?

This article cannot confirm a specific machine title. Slot machine inventory rotates as leases end and floors are reconfigured. The venue documents over 6,500 slot machines across more than 364,000 square feet of gaming space. The current title list lives in the venue's gaming floor directory and at its guest services desk, not in any static article.

How far is Mohegan Sun from New York City?

The documented straight-line distance is 113.3 miles. That is a great-circle measurement, not a road distance. Road travel is always longer because the route must follow the road network around Long Island Sound and across Connecticut. This article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

Where exactly is Mohegan Sun located?

Mohegan Sun sits in Uncasville, Connecticut, within the town of Montville, at coordinates 41.49222222 north and 72.09138889 west. The property is on sovereign tribal land owned and operated by the federally recognized Mohegan Tribe. It opened on October 12, 1996, and its two hotel towers together provide more than 1,500 rooms.

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