Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course: fixed location and documented straight-line distances

Parx is 92.0 miles away from this venue in straight-line distance, and Wind Creek is 69.9 miles away in straight-line distance. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The keyword you used names a different place than the venue documented in publicly published reference sources here. What can be pinned down is the fixed position of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, plus the straight-line distances from that fixed point to the reference places listed below.

The venue this article can document

The documented venue is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, located in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Its published coordinates are 40.39666667 latitude and -76.65861111 longitude.

Those coordinates place the site in Pennsylvania, and they are the most stable way to identify the property when names, branding, or search wording vary. The query mentions Columbus, Ohio, but this article cannot relabel the venue or substitute a different property without documented support.

Publicly published reference sources also describe the property as opening on August 30, 1972. Ownership and operating arrangements can change over time, so any ownership statement should be read as a documented point-in-time description rather than a permanent condition.

Documented venue figures

For physical scale, the same reference set attributes 2,480 slot machines to the venue and notes that table games began operation on July 13, 2010. The venue row also lists 2010 under table games, but the source sentence supplied for that field is about the date table games began rather than a current table count, so it is safer to read that figure as a dated field rather than as a present-day inventory claim.

The owner line supplied in the reference material states that it is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. As with all casino-property business structures, that kind of statement can change after sales, lease revisions, or rebranding.

All injected straight-line pairs from this venue

How to read these mile figures correctly

Every mileage figure above is a great-circle measurement from the venue's coordinates to a named reference point. That means the line ignores the shape of the road network and simply measures point to point across the earth.

Because of that, road distance is always longer. The gap between a straight line and a real trip can widen for several reasons: terrain can force roads to bend, water can remove direct crossings, state lines can interact with where major roads are built, and local street layouts can require detours before you even reach the main network.

This matters most when a reader tries to turn a map-line number into a driving plan. A straight-line figure is useful for orientation and comparison, but it is not a substitute for a route planner.

Where the venue sits within Pennsylvania

The site is in Grantville, in the state of Pennsylvania. Using the documented coordinates, the venue can be described neutrally as a fixed point in Pennsylvania rather than as part of Ohio, because the query phrase does not override the location data.

The supplied location source also places it in Grantville, Pennsylvania and describes it as east of Harrisburg, but this article does not add any other directional claims beyond what the coordinates and source sentence support. If you are trying to match the venue to your own starting point, the coordinates are the cleanest reference.

Why the keyword and the documented venue do not fully match

The search phrase says “hollywood casino columbus ohio,” but the documented venue here is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Since the specific Columbus, Ohio pairing is not one of the injected distance pairs and no separate Columbus venue row is present, this article cannot measure that requested pairing or describe a different property as if it were the same one.

In practical terms, the venue location is fixed and your search wording is not. When a query points at the wrong city or at a similarly branded property, the safest way to verify the place is to compare the city, state, and coordinates before you plan transport or lodging.

What to confirm before you go

Before travelling, confirm the current venue name, the map pin on the property's own location page, and whether the ownership or operator description has changed since the published reference sources used here. Casino properties can be sold, rebranded, expanded, or reconfigured.

If you need road mileage, turn-by-turn directions, parking arrangements, or current access conditions, check a live mapping service and the venue's own visitor information pages. Those are the right channels for route-specific details that a fixed geography article should not guess.

If your real question is distance from your own location, use the venue coordinates of 40.39666667, -76.65861111 in a map tool and measure from your device's current position. That will give you a route based on your actual starting point rather than on a keyword that may name the wrong city.

FAQ

Is this article about a casino in Columbus, Ohio?

No. The documented venue here is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Because the query phrase points elsewhere, the article stays with the fixed location that can be supported and does not substitute a different property without matching published reference details.

Can I use the listed miles as driving distance?

No. Every mileage figure in the table is labelled great-circle, meaning straight-line distance from the venue to the named reference point. Real road mileage is always longer, and this article does not publish driving miles or trip times because those depend on the route chosen and current road conditions.

What is the most reliable way to verify I have the right venue?

Check three things together: the venue name, the city and state, and the coordinates. Here, those coordinates are 40.39666667 and -76.65861111, with the venue located in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Matching all three is more reliable than relying on a keyword alone, especially when similar brand names exist in different places.

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