Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course: Fixed Location and Documented Straight-Line Distances

From Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, the documented distance to Wind Creek is 69.9 miles straight-line. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The keyword here says “hollywood casino in ms,” but the venue documented in publicly published reference sources is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. So the useful answer is its fixed location, its coordinates, and the published great-circle distances from that fixed point to the reference places that are available.

The venue’s fixed location

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course is documented in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Its published coordinates are 40.39666667, -76.65861111.

Those coordinates place the venue in Pennsylvania, with a positive latitude that puts it north of the equator and a negative longitude that puts it west of the prime meridian. For a reader planning a trip, that matters more than a brand name fragment in a search phrase: the property described here is a Pennsylvania venue, not one identified in the supplied material as being in Mississippi.

Publicly published reference sources also describe the site as a horse racing track and casino in Grantville. Facility figures and ownership statements are point-in-time descriptions and can change as properties expand, rebrand, or change operators.

Documented straight-line distances

The table below lists every documented venue-to-reference pairing available for this property. Every figure is a great-circle measurement, which means a straight line on the earth’s surface rather than a route you could literally drive.

How to read those numbers correctly

A straight-line figure is best understood as a geographic relationship, not a trip plan. It shows how far apart two coordinates are if you ignore the shape of roads and the practical limits of getting from one point to another.

That is why road mileage is longer. Real routes bend around rivers and other water, follow the available street and highway network, detour around mountains or built-up areas, and sometimes cross state lines at places the road system allows rather than where a map’s direct line would go.

For the same reason, this article does not convert any straight-line figure into a driving estimate. A route planner can do that using your exact start point and the current road network, but a static distance matrix cannot.

What the search phrase gets wrong

The phrase “hollywood casino in ms” suggests a Mississippi location, but the documented venue here is in Grantville, Pennsylvania. If you were trying to verify whether this specific Hollywood Casino property is in Mississippi, the answer from the published location data is no: this one is in Pennsylvania.

If you meant some other Hollywood-branded property, this article cannot rename or relocate it without published reference material for that separate venue. The safest way to check is to match the full property name and then confirm the city and state before booking travel.

Regional position without inventing route details

Using only the documented coordinates and location fields, the venue sits in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the city of Grantville. That lets you anchor it reliably on a map even when a short keyword is vague or misleading.

The supplied source material also states that the property is east of Harrisburg, but this article does not extend that into route instructions or driving measurements. For practical navigation, use the property’s own directions page or a current map service keyed to the exact venue name.

Facility figures that help identify the place

Publicly published reference sources describe this property with 2,480 slot machines, table games beginning operation on July 13, 2010, and an opening date of August 30, 1972 for the track. These figures help distinguish the venue historically, but they should be treated as dated reference points rather than a live operational snapshot.

The ownership line in the published source says it is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment. Ownership and operating arrangements can change over time, so a reader using this article for due diligence should still confirm the current corporate details on the property’s official information pages.

What to confirm before you go

Before travelling, confirm the venue name, the city and state, and the current navigation pin on the property’s own location or contact page. That matters especially when a keyword contains only a brand fragment or an incorrect state abbreviation.

Also confirm changeable items that this article does not publish: today’s opening hours, parking arrangements, event schedules, hotel availability, and any on-site amenity access rules. The authoritative sources are the property’s own official pages for visiting information, booking, events, and guest services.

If you are comparing this venue with another property, compare like with like: city and state, coordinates, and any published straight-line distance pairs. Do not use straight-line mileage as if it were road mileage, because the longer real-world route depends on the exact origin, destination entrance, and current road options.

FAQ

Is this Hollywood Casino property in Mississippi?

No. The venue documented here is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania. The keyword may suggest Mississippi, but the published location fields and coordinates place this specific property in Pennsylvania, so a traveler should verify the full venue name rather than relying on the shorter search phrase alone.

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

No. Every mileage figure in this article is a great-circle measurement between coordinates. Real road distance is longer because routes must follow the available network and work around terrain, water, and jurisdiction boundaries. For an actual trip, check a current map service or the property’s own directions information.

Why doesn’t this article give a distance from my location?

Your location is not fixed in the published reference material, but the venue’s location is. This article therefore anchors the casino in Grantville, Pennsylvania and lists the documented straight-line distances that are available. To measure from where you are, enter the venue’s full name or coordinates into your own map tool and compare from your exact starting point.

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