Harrington Casino Delaware: Fixed Location and Straight-Line Distance Guide

Harrington Raceway & Casino sits 77.5 miles straight-line from Washington DC, 149.5 miles straight-line from NYC and Manhattan, 30.0 miles straight-line from Rehoboth Beach Delaware, 69.3 miles straight-line from Showboat, 69.5 miles straight-line from Ocean Casino, and 89.5 miles straight-line from Parx. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

For a reader trying to place this venue on the map, the fixed facts are its documented coordinates, its Delaware setting, and the list of reference points for which publicly published reference sources provide great-circle measurements. That gives you a reliable geographic frame without guessing routes, roads, or timing.

Where the venue is fixed on the map

Harrington Raceway & Casino is documented at coordinates 38.915, -75.575. Publicly published reference sources place it on the fairgrounds of the Delaware State Fair, just south of Harrington, Delaware.

Those coordinates put the venue in Delaware, and they let you anchor every other distance in this article to one fixed point. Your own starting point may change, but the venue's location does not.

The same published sources describe the property as a racino owned by Harrington Raceway. They also record an opening date of August 20, 1996, a documented gaming floor figure of 35,000 square feet, and a documented slot machine count of 1,800 at the cited point in time.

Documented straight-line distances

The table below lists every injected venue-to-reference pairing available for this article. Each figure is a great-circle measurement, meaning a straight line over the earth's surface rather than a road route.

Why straight-line distance and real travel differ

A great-circle figure is useful because it is stable and comparable. It tells you how far two fixed points are in geometric terms, without changing when roads are rebuilt, when traffic patterns shift, or when a mapping service chooses one route over another.

That said, straight-line distance is not the same thing as what a traveler experiences on the ground. Real routes bend around water, follow the available road network, cross or avoid state lines, and detour around local street patterns or land-use barriers.

In a state such as Delaware, the venue's regional position may look close to several East Coast reference points on a straight-line basis, but the road path can still be materially longer. A line on a map ignores the need to connect from one usable road segment to another.

This is why the published caveat matters: driving is always longer. If you need the current road mileage from your own starting point, the practical method is to enter the documented coordinates or the venue name into a current mapping service and compare route options there.

How to read the venue's regional position

The venue is in Delaware, just south of Harrington, on the Delaware State Fair fairgrounds. For orientation within the region, the documented straight-line figures show it much closer to Washington DC, Rehoboth Beach Delaware, Showboat, Ocean Casino, Parx, Wind Creek, and Hollywood Casino than to Midwestern, Southern, Western, or overseas reference points in the same matrix.

The coordinates also support a basic directional reading. With a longitude of -75.575 and a latitude of 38.915, the venue sits on the eastern side of the United States and in the northern half of the country relative to Gulf Coast and Southern California references listed in the table, while remaining south of some northeastern and Canadian references also listed there.

That kind of orientation is the right use of this data. It helps you understand whether a place is regionally nearby or far afield without pretending that a straight line can substitute for an actual route plan.

What the documented facility figures do and do not tell you

Publicly published reference sources describe Harrington Raceway & Casino as having 1,800 slot machines and 35,000 square feet of gaming space at the documented point in time cited. Those figures help a reader understand the physical scale of the venue, not what it is like on any particular day.

The same caution applies to the opening date and ownership statement. August 20, 1996 identifies when the slot machine parlor opened, and Harrington Raceway identifies the documented owner in the cited material, but branding and operating structures can change over time.

For that reason, this article uses those figures only as fixed reference points. They are useful for understanding size, age, and placement, but they should not be mistaken for a live operational update.

What to confirm before you go

Before traveling, confirm the changeable items on the venue's own official channels. The current answer for hours, available amenities, event access, parking arrangements, and any temporary closures or restrictions belongs on the property's own visitor information pages or guest-services contact channel, not in a static location article.

If you are measuring from your own home, hotel, or current location, confirm road mileage and route choice in a live mapping service. This article gives you the venue's fixed coordinates and documented great-circle comparisons, but it does not estimate your driving distance and it does not publish travel time.

It is also worth checking whether the facility details you care about are current. Publicly published reference sources can lag behind renovations, expansions, or reconfigurations, so the venue's own current property description is the place to verify what is on site now.

FAQ

How far is Harrington Raceway & Casino from Washington DC?

The documented figure is 77.5 miles straight-line from Washington DC. That is a great-circle measurement between fixed points, not a road route. If you need the current mileage by road, use a live mapping service, because road distance is longer than straight-line distance and can vary by route choice.

Is this article giving driving distance to Harrington Casino in Delaware?

No. This article is limited to documented straight-line measurements and the venue's fixed location in Delaware. It does not publish driving miles, route instructions, highway details, or travel time. For an actual trip plan, use the venue name or the coordinates 38.915, -75.575 in a current map tool.

What fixed facts are documented about the venue itself?

Publicly published reference sources place the venue on the fairgrounds of the Delaware State Fair, just south of Harrington, Delaware. The same sources document an opening date of August 20, 1996, ownership by Harrington Raceway, a gaming floor figure of 35,000 square feet, and a slot machine count of 1,800 at the cited point in time.

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