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==Geography== Rices Landing is located in northeastern Greene County at {{coord|39|56|47|N|79|59|36|W|type:city}} (39.946282, -79.993295),<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the south (west) bank of the [[Monongahela River]] at the mouth of Pumpkin Run. It is bordered to the southeast by [[Cumberland Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania|Cumberland Township]], to the southwest and west by [[Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania|Jefferson Township]], and to the north, across the Monongahela, by [[Luzerne Township, Pennsylvania|Luzerne Township]] in [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette County]]. The closest road crossings of the Monongahela are the [[Mon–Fayette Expressway Bridge]] ([[Pennsylvania Route 43]]) {{convert|11|mi}} by road to the north, and the [[Masontown Bridge]] ([[Pennsylvania Route 21]]) {{convert|9|mi|0}} to the south. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Rices Landing has a total area of {{convert|2.4|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|2.1|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.3|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 12.86%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US4264432| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Rices Landing borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=January 27, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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