Oaklawn Casino sits 245.9 miles straight-line from Dallas, 261.7 miles straight-line from Oklahoma City, 198.3 miles straight-line from Tulsa, 327.2 miles straight-line from St Louis, and 146.0 miles straight-line from Shreveport. Road distance is always longer than straight-line distance, and this article does not publish driving mileage or travel time.
The fixed point this article can document is the venue known in publicly published reference sources as Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort, also referred to here by the shorter keyword Oaklawn Casino. Its documented coordinates are 34.484999, -93.057096, and its publicly published opening date is February 24, 1904.
Documented position of the venue
The venue is in Arkansas because its longitude and latitude place it in that state, and the regional reference points in the distance matrix place it among cities commonly used to situate an Arkansas venue. Using coordinates alone, the site lies in the western hemisphere and in the northern hemisphere.
Within the United States, the coordinate pair 34.484999, -93.057096 places the venue west of the prime meridian and north of the equator. For a reader trying to orient the property on a map, that means the most reliable fixed facts here are the coordinates themselves and the straight-line distances to the listed reference points.
The venue record also identifies the property under the title Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort. Property names, branding, and ownership structures can change over time, so the geographic anchor is the coordinate pair rather than any one marketing label.
Straight-line distances in the published reference set
The table below reproduces every injected venue-to-place pairing available for this property. Each figure is a great-circle measurement, which means the shortest path over the earth's surface between two coordinate points, not a road route.
| 参照点 | 直线英里 | 测量类型 |
|---|---|---|
| sacramento | 1597.3 | great-circle |
| san antonio | 472.9 | great-circle |
| toronto | 966.9 | great-circle |
| houston | 353.5 | great-circle |
| ford field | 766.0 | great-circle |
| san antonio texas | 472.9 | great-circle |
| washington dc | 938.1 | great-circle |
| nyc | 1125.2 | great-circle |
| modesto | 1569.7 | great-circle |
| new orleans | 356.8 | great-circle |
| charleston reddit | 763.1 | great-circle |
| san francisco | 1647.3 | great-circle |
| rehoboth beach delaware | 1037.4 | great-circle |
| lake george | 1204.8 | great-circle |
| daytona beach | 790.5 | great-circle |
| sacramento airport | 1602.7 | great-circle |
| houston texas | 353.5 | great-circle |
| lax | 1445.2 | great-circle |
| manhattan | 1125.2 | great-circle |
| chicago | 589.7 | great-circle |
| charlotte | 694.0 | great-circle |
| bourbon street | 1249.2 | great-circle |
| san jose | 1619.2 | great-circle |
| topeka kansas | 346.6 | great-circle |
| syracuse | 1083.2 | great-circle |
| arlington tx | 264.3 | great-circle |
| denton tx | 249.5 | great-circle |
| atlanta | 498.2 | great-circle |
| atlantic city | 1080.6 | great-circle |
| biloxi | 370.3 | great-circle |
| boston | 1304.2 | great-circle |
| buffalo | 957.9 | great-circle |
| dallas | 245.9 | great-circle |
| denver | 750.2 | great-circle |
| detroit | 765.6 | great-circle |
| gulfport | 365.3 | great-circle |
| henderson | 1239.0 | great-circle |
| kansas city | 329.8 | great-circle |
| lake charles | 294.2 | great-circle |
| las vegas | 1247.6 | great-circle |
| laughlin | 1221.6 | great-circle |
| los angeles | 1435.1 | great-circle |
| miami | 974.8 | great-circle |
| milwaukee | 652.3 | great-circle |
| minneapolis | 725.4 | great-circle |
| niagara falls | 954.8 | great-circle |
| oklahoma city | 261.7 | great-circle |
| orlando | 800.3 | great-circle |
| palm springs | 1340.7 | great-circle |
| philadelphia | 1052.2 | great-circle |
| phoenix | 1090.5 | great-circle |
| pittsburgh | 825.7 | great-circle |
| portland | 1730.1 | great-circle |
| reno | 1510.8 | great-circle |
| san diego | 1389.4 | great-circle |
| seattle | 1758.7 | great-circle |
| shreveport | 146.0 | great-circle |
| st louis | 327.2 | great-circle |
| tampa | 771.4 | great-circle |
| temecula | 1377.7 | great-circle |
| tulsa | 198.3 | great-circle |
| tunica | 157.6 | great-circle |
Why straight-line distance and real travel distance differ
A straight-line figure is useful because it gives a stable geographic relationship that does not depend on traffic, construction, detours, or route choice. It is the cleanest way to compare one fixed venue with many different reference points using one measurement rule.
That said, a road trip never follows a perfect great-circle path. Real routes bend around terrain, lakes and rivers, private land, protected areas, one-way systems, and the shape of the available road network. Even when two places look close on a map, the practical route can be much longer because roads are built for settlements and engineering constraints rather than for geometric directness.
Crossing state lines can also change the path a driver would use, because the road network is organized by where bridges, junctions, and urban corridors exist. That is why the published caveat matters: driving is always longer than the straight-line figure, and this article stops at the straight-line number rather than inventing a road estimate.
The same principle applies if you are comparing Oaklawn Casino with airports, downtown districts, or landmark districts in the matrix. A straight-line number can show broad regional position, but it cannot tell you which side of a metro area you would enter from, what route you would prefer, or how far the final road approach would be.
How to read the venue's regional position
The shortest straight-line figures in the matrix place the venue relatively near several reference points in nearby parts of the south-central United States. Shreveport is listed at 146.0 miles straight-line, Tunica at 157.6 miles straight-line, Tulsa at 198.3 miles straight-line, Dallas at 245.9 miles straight-line, and Oklahoma City at 261.7 miles straight-line.
Those figures do not prove a road route, but they do show the venue's broad geographic neighborhood more clearly than the much larger straight-line figures to places farther away. For example, Kansas City is listed at 329.8 miles straight-line, Houston at 353.5 miles straight-line, New Orleans at 356.8 miles straight-line, Atlanta at 498.2 miles straight-line, and Chicago at 589.7 miles straight-line.
The national spread of the table also helps a reader avoid misreading the venue as a western or eastern seaboard property. West Coast references such as Sacramento at 1597.3 miles straight-line, San Francisco at 1647.3 miles straight-line, Portland at 1730.1 miles straight-line, and Seattle at 1758.7 miles straight-line are much farther away in straight-line terms than the nearer south-central references.
The same pattern appears toward the northeast. Manhattan and NYC are each listed at 1125.2 miles straight-line, Philadelphia at 1052.2 miles straight-line, Boston at 1304.2 miles straight-line, and Toronto at 966.9 miles straight-line. That spread is consistent with a venue positioned in Arkansas rather than in the northeast corridor.
What this article can measure, and what it cannot
If your question is simply where Oaklawn Casino is fixed in geographic terms, the answer is the coordinate pair 34.484999, -93.057096 in Arkansas, plus the straight-line comparison table above. That gives you a stable reference frame that does not change from one day to the next.
If your question is how far the venue is from a place not listed in the table, this article cannot measure that missing pair. It can only repeat the documented pairings already published in reference sources, such as Dallas at 245.9 miles straight-line, St Louis at 327.2 miles straight-line, Houston at 353.5 miles straight-line, or Las Vegas at 1247.6 miles straight-line.
If your starting point is your own current location, the venue's position is fixed but your position is not. In that situation, use the venue coordinates with your own map tool, then compare your result against the documented reference cities in the table so you can sanity-check whether you are looking at a nearby regional trip or a much longer cross-country one.
What to confirm before you go
This article is only about fixed location and documented straight-line geography. Before traveling, confirm the changeable practical details through the venue's own official channels, especially its current access information, parking arrangements, hotel availability if relevant to your trip, and any on-property services you expect to use.
If you are comparing map results, make sure you are comparing like with like. A map may show road miles, walking routes, or transit routes, while the table here shows only great-circle mileage. Mixing those measurement types is one of the easiest ways to misunderstand how near or far a venue really is.
It is also worth confirming the current property name and any recent reconfiguration before you leave. Publicly published reference sources can preserve older naming or facility history, while a venue's own current contact and visitor information will tell you how the property identifies itself now.
FAQ
Is Oaklawn Casino in Arkansas or another state?
The documented coordinates place the venue in Arkansas. This article does not publish a street address, but it can anchor the property geographically with the coordinate pair 34.484999, -93.057096 and with the table of straight-line distances to named reference points.
How far is Oaklawn Casino from my location?
This article cannot answer a from-my-location question unless your starting point is one of the listed reference points in the table. What it can give you is the venue's fixed position and the documented straight-line mileages to places such as Dallas, Tulsa, Houston, Chicago, and many others for comparison.
Does the straight-line mileage tell me how long the trip will take?
No. Straight-line mileage is a geographic measurement, not a route plan. Road distance is always longer, and actual travel depends on the shape of the road network, crossings over water, terrain, detours, and the specific origin point you use in your own map or navigation tool.
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