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

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The keyword you used names a different property, but the publicly published reference sources available for this page point to Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. So the useful, defensible answer here is about that fixed site: where it sits, what documented facility figures exist for it, and which straight-line distance pairs are available.

The venue this page can place on the map

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 gives you a fixed point you can compare with your own starting location.

Because the keyword asks for a named place that is not the same as the documented venue, this article cannot remap the question to a different casino. What it can do is anchor the available property precisely and show every injected straight-line reference pair tied to that location.

Publicly published reference sources also attach several facility facts to this Grantville venue as of documented points in time: it opened on August 30, 1972; a source sentence says it had over 2,480 slot machines as of July 2010; and table games began operation on July 13, 2010. Ownership and operating arrangements can change over time, but the supplied ownership wording is that it is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.

Documented straight-line distances from the venue

Every mileage below is a great-circle measurement from the Grantville venue's fixed coordinates to the named reference point. Great-circle means straight-line across the earth's surface; it is not a road trip figure, and real-world route distance is always longer.

Why straight-line distance and real travel distance diverge

A straight-line figure is useful because it fixes relative position cleanly: it tells you how far two coordinates are apart without choosing any particular road, rail, or air routing. That makes it good for orientation and for comparing one reference point against another on a like-for-like basis.

It does not tell you what you will cover on the ground. Real routes bend around terrain, water, one-way systems, limited bridge crossings, property boundaries, and state-line crossing patterns; they also follow the shape and density of the available road network rather than the shortest possible geometric line.

That difference matters especially when a route must funnel through a limited set of crossings or bypass built-up areas. So when you read a straight-line figure such as 104.8 miles to Washington dc or 140.9 miles to nyc, treat it as map geometry, not as a trip planner output.

Where the venue sits in regional terms

The venue is in Grantville, in the state of Pennsylvania. Its coordinates place it in the Northern Hemisphere and west of the prime meridian, which is the basic geographic frame for interpreting the distance table.

The supplied location source also says the site is in Grantville, Pennsylvania, and gives its relation to Harrisburg in source text. Because this article is limited to fixed, documented geography, the safest practical reading is that the property is anchored to Grantville in Pennsylvania, and your own route to it depends on where you start rather than on any single universal mileage.

If your aim was to judge whether the venue is closer to the Mid-Atlantic, Great Lakes, South, or West Coast references in the matrix, the table gives that at a glance. Shorter straight-line figures in the table cluster around nearby eastern reference points, while western and far-southern points run much larger because the venue is fixed in Pennsylvania.

If your starting point is not in the table

Your location is variable; the venue's location is not. If the place you want measured is not one of the injected reference pairs above, this article cannot publish that distance.

The practical way to check is to use the venue coordinates, 40.39666667 and -76.65861111, in any map tool that can measure from your own pin. That lets you reproduce the same kind of straight-line comparison from your own position while keeping separate the very different question of road routing.

This matters here because the keyword mentions a different named casino property. Rather than guessing a match or fabricating a connection, the article keeps to the documented fixed site in Grantville and gives the coordinate anchor you can verify independently.

What to confirm before you go

Before spending money on travel, confirm the live details that a fixed-location article cannot safely freeze. That includes current operating status, current hours, parking arrangements, any access changes on the property, and any rebranding or ownership wording that may have changed since the published reference snapshot.

The authoritative place to confirm those moving parts is the venue's own official contact and visitor information channels. Use the property's own website pages for location, visitor access, and hours, and if anything is unclear, use the contact route listed there rather than relying on third-party summaries.

If you are comparing this venue with another property, confirm that you are looking at the right casino name first. Similar brand names are a common source of confusion, and this page's documented facts are for Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, not for every venue carrying the Hollywood name.

FAQ

Is this article about Hollywood Casino Charles Town Races and Slots?

No. The keyword says that, but the documented location data available here identifies Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Rather than guess that the names are interchangeable, this article sticks to the fixed venue that can be placed with coordinates and measured against the published straight-line reference points.

Can I use the table to estimate my driving mileage?

No. Every distance in the table is a great-circle, or straight-line, measurement. Real travel distance is longer because routes follow the road network and may have to detour around terrain, water, limited crossings, and other constraints. This article therefore does not convert those figures into road mileage or any journey duration.

What is the simplest reliable way to measure from my own location?

Use the venue coordinates, 40.39666667 and -76.65861111, in a map tool that lets you drop a pin and measure from your starting point. That gives you a direct geometric comparison to the fixed site. Then, separately, use the same map tool's routing function if you also need a live road route, because that is a different measurement.

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