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

From Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, the documented straight-line distance is 104.8 miles to Washington DC, 140.9 miles to NYC, 92.0 miles to Parx, 69.9 miles to Wind Creek, and 177.0 miles to Rivers Casino; each of those figures is straight-line. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The keyword points to a different place name, but the documented venue here is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. So this article can fix the venue's position, list the published great-circle pairs that exist, and explain how to use them; it cannot measure an unsupported pair such as Charles Town, West Virginia.

The fixed position that is documented

Publicly published reference sources place the venue in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. Ownership and branding of casino properties can change over time, and facility figures can also change as properties are rebuilt or expanded, so the figures below should be read as documented reference points rather than live operating data.

The same source set identifies the property as Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and records an opening date of August 30, 1972. It also records a documented count of 2,480 slot machines and notes that table games began operation on July 13, 2010.

All documented straight-line pairs in the reference set

The table below reproduces every injected venue-to-place pair exactly as published. Every mileage shown is a great-circle measurement, not a road route.

What these miles do and do not tell you

A great-circle figure is the shortest path over the earth's surface between two coordinates. It is useful for geographic orientation because it fixes relative position cleanly, but it is not the same thing as the route a person can take on the ground.

Actual road distance is longer because roads bend around terrain, water, developed land, and border crossings between states. Even where two places look close on a map, the available road network may force detours, indirect approaches, or crossings at limited points, which is why this article keeps straight-line and road travel separate.

That separation matters especially when a reader arrives with a place name in mind that is not one of the documented pairs. The keyword here mentions Charles Town, West Virginia, but that pair is not one this article can measure. The honest substitute is to anchor the venue in Grantville, Pennsylvania, then list the published reference points that do exist so you can compare your own map against them.

Where Grantville sits in regional terms

The venue is documented in Grantville, in the state of Pennsylvania. Its coordinates place it in the northern hemisphere and west of the prime meridian, which is enough to say it sits north of the equator and west of Greenwich; beyond that, this article avoids unsupported regional claims.

Within the supplied references, the venue has documented straight-line pairs to points such as Washington DC, NYC, Toronto, Chicago, Charlotte, and several casino properties. Those pairs are the safest way to understand its regional position without inventing road routes or adding unsourced landmarks.

How to use the fixed point if your own start point is different

The venue's position is fixed; your starting point is the variable. If your own origin is not one of the documented reference points in the table, the practical method is to place the venue coordinates, 40.39666667 and -76.65861111, into a map and then measure from your own position using the same map tool.

That approach is also the right one for anyone searching with a phrase that includes another city or state name. Rather than guessing that the search term identifies this venue, compare the fixed Grantville, Pennsylvania location against your intended destination and confirm whether you are looking at the same property.

Venue scale and structure from the documented record

Publicly published reference sources describe this property as a horse racing track and casino in Grantville, Pennsylvania. The documented machine count is 2,480 slot machines, and the source record states that table games began operation on July 13, 2010.

The ownership line in the same reference set says the property is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. That kind of split matters because casino real estate and casino operations are not always held by the same corporate entity.

What to confirm before you go

Before spending money on a trip, confirm the changeable details on the venue's own official pages or through its guest-services contact channel. The items most likely to change are current operating hours, parking arrangements, hotel availability if any is relevant to your trip, event schedules, and any temporary access changes on the property.

If you are trying to compare your own origin point to this venue, confirm the route in a live mapping service rather than using straight-line miles as a travel estimate. Straight-line figures are for orientation only; they do not answer how far you will drive, how long it will take, or which route options are open on the day you travel.

FAQ

Is this article measuring Hollywood Casino in Charles Town, West Virginia?

No. The documented venue here is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Because the keyword names a different place, the safe use of this article is to treat it as a fixed-location guide to the Grantville property and its published straight-line reference pairs, not as a measurement for Charles Town.

Can I use the straight-line miles as my driving distance?

No. Straight-line mileage is a geographic measurement between coordinates, sometimes called great-circle distance or as-the-crow-flies distance. Real road travel is longer because the route must follow the available road network and may be shaped by terrain, water, state boundaries, and indirect access patterns.

What is the quickest way to check whether I have the right property?

Match the venue name and fixed location first. This article's documented property is in Grantville, Pennsylvania at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. If your map, booking page, or event page shows a different city or state, you are probably looking at a different Hollywood-branded venue and should verify before travelling.

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