Rose Point is an

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in east central Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County,

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, United States, very close to the Butler County line. Founded approximately 200 years ago, the community lies in a rural yet formerly industrial region of fields and broken terrain.

Geography

Rose Point's elevation is . It lies on the northern side of U.S. Route 422 at its intersection with Rose Point Road, along the gorge of the

Slippery Rock Creek Slippery Rock Creek is a stream in western Pennsylvania, a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek. Course and history From its source in Hilliards in Butler County, it flows through McConnells Mill State Park before flowing into the Connoquene ...

. tp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/lawrence_GHSN.PDF General Highway Map, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania,

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, 2008. Accessed 2008-12-12. Located east of the city of New Castle, the

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of Lawrence County, the community sits approximately midway between New Castle and

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. It lies near two of U.S. 422's significant intersections: with

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, approximately away, and with

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, about distant. In the vicinity of Rose Point are multiple state parks:

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, including the large Lake Arthur, is located to the east not far past Interstate 79, while

McConnells Mill State Park McConnells Mill State Park is a List of Pennsylvania state parks, Pennsylvania state park in Perry Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Perry and Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock Townships, Lawrence County, ...

sits on the opposite side of U.S. 422.

Geology

The bedrock around Rose Point is primarily the soft rock of the large

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