Hollywood Casino PA: Fixed Location and Straight-Line Distance Reference

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania sits 104.8 miles straight-line from Washington DC, 140.9 miles straight-line from NYC, and 92.0 miles straight-line from Parx. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.

The fixed point you can anchor on

If you are trying to place hollywood casino pa on a map, the stable part is the venue itself: Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. Your own starting point may change, but the venue's position does not, which is why a straight-line reference table is useful for comparing places without guessing a route.

Publicly published reference sources describe the property as being in Grantville, in the state of Pennsylvania. The documented ownership wording says it is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment; ownership and branding can change over time, so that describes a documented point rather than a permanent guarantee.

Documented venue figures

This article is about the place first, but a few published facility markers help identify which venue is being discussed. The documented opening date is August 30, 1972.

Publicly published reference sources also record 2,480 slot machines and table games beginning operation on July 13, 2010. Those figures are best read as historical facility markers tied to the source date, not as a live count for the day you travel.

Straight-line distance table

How to read these miles correctly

Every mileage figure in the table is a great-circle measurement: a straight-line calculation between one fixed coordinate and another. That makes the table good for orientation and side-by-side comparison, but not for planning a road trip.

Road travel is longer because vehicles follow the road network rather than a straight line through the landscape. The gap can widen when routes bend around terrain, cross water indirectly, detour through available bridges, follow local street patterns, or connect across state lines through the practical crossings that exist rather than the shortest geometric path.

That is why a place listed as closer in straight-line miles is not automatically simpler to reach by road. The table answers the map question, not the route question.

Where the venue sits within Pennsylvania

The documented city and state are Grantville, Pennsylvania. Using the published coordinates alone, the venue sits north of the Pennsylvania-Maryland line and west of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey line, which places it inland within Pennsylvania rather than on the state's eastern border.

Those coordinates also let you make limited directional comparisons with the named reference points in the distance table. For example, the straight-line figures to Washington DC, NYC, and Toronto show the venue in the broader northeastern United States corridor, while the much larger straight-line figures to places such as San Francisco, Sacramento, LAX, and Okada show how far removed it is from the Pacific coast and overseas reference points.

What the coordinates do not tell you by themselves is the exact road approach you will use on a given day. For that, the correct source is a current mapping service using your actual start point.

How to use this if your own starting point is different

The keyword here does not specify a personal origin such as me, here, or my location, so the article can stay anchored on the venue's fixed position. If your real question is how far Hollywood Casino in Grantville is from where you are, use the coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111 in a mapping tool and measure from your current position.

If your start point matches one of the published reference points above, you can use that exact straight-line figure as a neutral baseline. If it does not, this article should not guess or calculate a new pair that is not already documented.

What to confirm before you go

Before setting out, confirm the live details that change and are not part of a static location guide. That includes the route from your exact origin, parking arrangements, hotel availability if relevant to your trip, and any venue-access details on the property's own visitor information pages.

If you are comparing the venue with another property, confirm current branding and operating entity on the venue's own official channels, because ownership and branding can change. If you need the current count of amenities or any operating details, check the property's own pages rather than relying on historical facility figures.

FAQ

How far is Hollywood Casino PA from New York City?

The documented figure is 140.9 miles straight-line from NYC and 141.0 miles straight-line from Manhattan. Those are great-circle measurements only. They are useful for map comparison, but they are not road mileage, and this article does not estimate driving distance or travel time.

Can this article tell me the driving distance to Hollywood Casino PA?

No. It can only give documented straight-line distances for the reference pairs listed above. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and the exact total depends on the road network, your starting point, crossings, detours, and the route chosen by the mapping service you use on the day.

What basic facts identify the venue?

The venue is Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, at coordinates 40.39666667, -76.65861111. Publicly published reference sources also tie it to an opening date of August 30, 1972, and describe it as owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn Entertainment.

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