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

Parx is 92.0 miles straight-line from this venue, and that straight-line figure is the kind of distance this article can publish. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The keyword asks for "Hollywood Casino Aurora," but the publicly published reference sources supplied for this article point to Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. Because of that mismatch, this article can fix the documented venue's location and list only the straight-line pairs that are available; it cannot identify or measure a different property that is not documented here.

The fixed point 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, which place it in Pennsylvania and give it a fixed geographic point for distance comparison.

Publicly published reference sources also describe the property as opening on August 30, 1972. The same source set identifies the owner as Gaming and Leisure Properties and states that it is operated by Penn Entertainment.

Facility figures in those sources are tied to a documented point in time rather than a live status page. They report over 2,480 slot machines as of July 2010, and they separately note that table games began operation on July 13, 2010.

All documented straight-line pairs

The table below reproduces every supplied venue-to-reference straight-line distance exactly as published. Every figure is great-circle distance, not road mileage.

Why straight-line distance and real travel differ

A straight-line measurement connects two coordinates through geometric space. Real travel follows roads, bridges, local street patterns, state boundaries, and available crossings, so the path bends away from that direct line.

Several common factors make the road figure longer. Terrain can force routes around elevation changes; water bodies require bridge or ferry crossings where those exist; road networks are not built as perfect diagonals; and crossing from one state into another can mean using the limited corridors that connect those jurisdictions.

That is why the supplied caveat matters: these are great-circle distances, not driving miles. They are useful for regional orientation and side-by-side comparison, but they are not a substitute for a live route check on a map or navigation service before departure.

Where Grantville sits in regional terms

The venue's documented city is Grantville, in Pennsylvania. Using the published coordinates, the property can be described in directional terms relative to the supplied reference points without inventing road details.

For example, the venue is west of New York references such as nyc at 140.9 miles straight-line and manhattan at 141.0 miles straight-line, because its longitude is farther west. It is also north of Washington dc at 104.8 miles straight-line, because its latitude is higher.

The same coordinate logic places it east of inland Pennsylvania references only when such a paired point is supplied, and south or north of other places depending on their own coordinates, which are not all supplied here by name. Where this article lacks the other point's coordinates, it can still report the published straight-line mileage but should not invent a compass relationship beyond what the documented place names and the venue's own position support.

About the keyword mismatch

If you searched for "Hollywood Casino Aurora," the important limitation is simple: this article does not have a documented venue row for a property in Aurora. It has a documented venue row for Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania.

Because the fixed venue is documented but the searched property is not, this article cannot measure the straight-line distance to or from an Aurora property, cannot compare the two venues, and cannot tell you whether they are the same business, a rebrand, or unrelated. The safe use of this page is as a location reference for the Grantville venue only.

How to use this distance list

The best use of the table is orientation. A reader can see, for example, that wind creek at 69.9 miles straight-line and parx at 92.0 miles straight-line are among the nearer supplied reference points, while west-coast references such as san francisco at 2433.2 miles straight-line are far more distant in geometric terms.

That kind of comparison is legitimate because all rows use the same measurement type. What it does not tell you is which trip is easier by road, which route is simpler, or how long any journey takes, because those answers depend on live routing conditions that this article does not publish.

What to confirm before you go

Before travelling, confirm the items that change and are therefore outside this article's scope. That includes the venue's current operating status, current hours for the casino and any non-casino amenities, parking arrangements, event schedules, and any road route from your own starting point.

The authoritative current answer for those items lives on the property's own official contact, visitor, or directions pages, and on your chosen mapping service for routing. If your question is specifically about a property in Aurora, confirm the exact venue name first, because this page documents a Grantville, Pennsylvania site instead.

FAQ

Can this article tell me how far Hollywood Casino Aurora is from my location?

No. Your location is not fixed in the query, and the documented venue in this article is not an Aurora property. What this page can do is give the fixed coordinates for the Grantville, Pennsylvania venue and list the published straight-line distances to the supplied reference points so you can compare your own map reading against a known point.

Why does the table use straight-line miles instead of driving miles?

Straight-line miles are the only documented distance type supplied here, and they are consistent across all listed reference points. Driving mileage depends on the available road network, bridge crossings, state-line routing, and other live conditions, so it is always longer and must be checked on a current mapping or navigation service.

Does this page identify the current size of the venue?

Only as a documented historical snapshot. Publicly published reference sources report over 2,480 slot machines as of July 2010, and they note that table games began operation on July 13, 2010. Properties are rebuilt, expanded, and reconfigured over time, so current floor mix and amenity details should be confirmed with the venue's own official information channels.

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