# May Pen, Clarendon Parish – Communities, Villages & Map > Source: https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/ Development area · Clarendon Parish # May Pen May Pen is a development area (Social Development Commission) of Jamaica in Clarendon Parish. It covers **399.3 km²**. Its main town is May Pen. It is divided into 34 communities. 143 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 110 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 399km² - 34communities - 110mapped services ## Where is May Pen? May Pen lies in [Clarendon Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/), [Jamaica](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/). It borders 9 other development areas: [Asia](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/asia/), [Chapelton](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/chapelton/), [Frankfield](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/frankfield/), [Lionel Town](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/lionel-town/), [Milk River](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/milk-river/), [Old Harbour](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/old-harbour/), [Porus](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/porus/), [Spalding](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/spalding/) and [Williamsfield](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/williamsfield/). By area it is the largest of 131 development areas in Jamaica. It covers 33.8% of [Clarendon Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/). The centre of May Pen is about 51 km in a straight line from Kingston, the capital. The centre point is at 17.9971° N, 77.2712° W. Source: [Jamaica Social Development Commission (sdc.gov.jm) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-jam). ## Things to see in and around May Pen OpenStreetMap lists 19 named sights in May Pen: 18 caves; 1 waterfall. - Rosewell Cave · waterfall - Beardyman Cave · cave - Belmont Cave #1 · cave - Belmont Cave #2 · cave - Birdgiddie Cave · cave - Daddy's Sink · cave - Glendale Cave · cave - Glendale Shelter · cave - Marshallecks Caves · cave - Mistress Bell Cave · cave - Patrick Cave · cave - Peace River Cave · cave - Peace River Sink · cave - Pinny Cave · cave - Raymond's Cave · cave - Richmond Park Cave · cave - Salters Hill Cave · cave - Whitney River Sink · cave - Woodside Caves · cave Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed. ## Know before you go: May Pen - Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Jamaica - CurrencyDollar (JMD) - Country calling code+1-876 - LanguagesEnglish - Plug typesType A, B - Driving sideLeft ### Nearest airports - Tinson Pen Airport (KTP) · Tinson Pen47 km - Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) · Kingston52 km ### Nearest railway station Four Paths Railway Station (1900) (Four Paths), about 3.8 km from the centre. ### Daylight Days are longest in Jun (about 13.2 hours, sunrise around 05:33) and shortest in Dec (about 11.1 hours, sunrise around 06:32, sunset around 17:35). Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/). Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling. ## Communities of May Pen Community Area km² Localities Services [Ashley](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/ashley/) 11 9 0 [Brixton Hill](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/brixton-hill/) 7.5 4 0 [Bucknor](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/bucknor/) 10 4 0 [Bushy Park](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/bushy-park/) 1.8 1 2 [Chatteau](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/chatteau/) 25 10 0 [Cockpit](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/cockpit/) 8.7 1 0 [Curatoe Hill](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/curatoe-hill/) 8.9 1 3 [Dawkins](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/dawkins/) 23 11 0 [Effortville](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/effortville/) 9.7 1 0 [Four Paths](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/four-paths/) 13 6 2 [Free Town](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/free-town/) 3.0 2 3 [Glenmuir](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/glenmuir/) 1.9 1 12 [Hazard](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/hazard/) 3.4 5 4 [Longville Park](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/longville-park/) 11 1 3 [May Pen](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/may-pen/) 5.1 3 49 [Mineral Heights](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/mineral-heights/) 1.5 0 3 [Moores](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/moores/) 16 3 0 [Mount Airy](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/mount-airy/) 7.5 2 0 [New Denbigh (Race Track)](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/new-denbigh-race-track/) 11 1 0 [New Longsville](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/new-longsville/) 12 4 0 [Old Denbigh](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/old-denbigh/) 3.1 1 4 [Osbourne Store](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/osbourne-store/) 30 10 2 [Paisley](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/paisley/) 2.3 0 0 [Palmers Cross](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/palmers-cross/) 9.3 5 0 [Pleasant Valley](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/pleasant-valley/) 10 4 0 [Richmond Park](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/richmond-park/) 18 6 0 [Rock](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/rock/) 5.0 0 0 [Rosewell](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/rosewell/) 8.9 3 0 [Sandy Bay](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/sandy-bay/) 22 13 5 [Smithville](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/smithville/) 8.2 5 0 [Thompson Town](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/thompson-town/) 26 15 0 [Tollgate](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/tollgate/) 30 6 18 [Treadlight](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/treadlight/) 2.3 1 0 [York Town](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/york-town/) 33 6 0 Source: [Jamaica Social Development Commission (sdc.gov.jm) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-jam); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). ## Villages and localities in May Pen Open gazetteers list **143 villages, towns and localities** in May Pen. The largest with a recorded population: May Pen (44,755). Settlements here lie between about 7 m and 825 m above sea level (median 126 m). - Amity Hall - Ashley - Bagatelle - Bailey's Pen - Bakers Pen - Beckford Rest - Belle Plain - Belmont - Belmont Cottage - Billy Gordon - Bird's Hill - Bodles Pen - Part of - Bowens Mocho - Breadland Pen - Breadnut Bottom - Breadnut Valley - Brixton Hill - Bryans Pen - Bucknor - Bucks Haven - Bullards Content - Bushy Park - Canaan Valley - Canoe Valley - Chandlers Pen - Chateau - Clarendon Gardens - Clarendon Park - Cliffords Rest - Coates Pen - Cockpit - Comfort Village - Content Village - Cooks Gate - Corn Hill - Cove - Cross Pen - Curatoe Hill - Darlow - Dawkins - Decoy - Denbigh - Denbigh Crawle - east - Denbigh Crawle - west - Drummond Castle - Dunkleys Pen - Eden Mocho - Effort - Eubanks Cove - Foga - Folly - Four Paths - Four Paths Basic School - Freetown - Georges Pen - Glendale - Glenmuir - Gloster & Endeavour - Gloucester - Good Meadow - Gordons Store - Goshen - Green Bottom - Green Park - Hampton Court - Harewood - Hazard - Hope - Hummingbird Meadows - Inverness - Jack Monday - Kennedy Run - Keys - Lady Hume - Lancewood Valley - Little Hazard - Longville - Longville Estate - Longville Park - Lowes Pen - Ludford Rock - Martin Gully - Martinee - May Pen - McGilchrist Pen - Mocho - Montpelier - Montreal - Moores - Mount Airy - Mount Hermon - Mount Lebanus - Mount Moses - Mount Pleasant - Netherfield - New Longville - Oakes Pen - Old Works - Orange River - Osborne Store - Osbourne Store - Palmers Cross - Palmetto Pen - Parnassus - Peace River - Planters Hall - Pleasant Valley - Rectory Lands - Reid Piece - Rhodens Store - Rhymesbury - Richmond Park - Rose Hall - Rose Valley - Rosewell - Roxborough Plantation - Rules Pen - Saint Jago Savannah - Sandy Bay - Savannah Cross - Sevens Estate - Shands Pen - Sheckles Pen - Smithville - Spring Mount - Stewarton - Stewarton Pen - Swansea Hamilton Pen - Thatch Pen - Thompson Town - Toby Heights - Toll Gate - Treadlight - Trenton - Troy - Victoria - Wakefield - Wanstead - Whitney - Whitney Estate - Woodside - Worksop - York Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of May Pen Named natural and historic features inside May Pen, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 13 rivers and streams. - Black River - Douglass Gully - Jacks Gully - Kelps River - Little Juan de Bolas River - Main Savanna Gully - Palmetto Gully - Red Gully - Rhymesbury Gully - Rock River - Salt Hole Gully - Shutes Gully - Whitney River ### Hills and mountains 4 hills; 1 mountain; 1 valley. - Kenkoo Hill · 465 m - Cannan Valley · 353 m - Mount Industry · 321 m - Herman Hill · 236 m - Burnt Hill · 208 m - Old Harbour Hill · 125 m ### Getting around 1 railway station. - Clarendon Park Station Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in May Pen and the best time to visit In May Pen, the warmest month is Aug (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 964 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Oct (162 mm) and the driest Feb (23 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to April and June to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 43 Feb 26 23 Mar 26 36 Apr 27 51 May 28 126 Jun 27 91 Jul 28 69 Aug 28 95 Sep 28 128 Oct 27 162 Nov 26 92 Dec 26 49 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Hospitals, banks and other services in May Pen Places mapped inside May Pen in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations. - Hospitals2 - Banks7 - Petrol pumps20 - Hotels5 - Shopping malls3 - Schools17 - Colleges and universities2 - Pharmacies13 - Restaurants37 - Police stations2 - Dental clinics2 Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown. ## Quick answers - Where is May Pen?In Clarendon Parish, Jamaica - What borders May Pen?Asia, Chapelton, Frankfield, Lionel Town, Milk River, Old Harbour, Porus, Spalding and Williamsfield - What is there to see in May Pen?Beardyman Cave, Belmont Cave #1, Belmont Cave #2, Birdgiddie Cave - What time zone is May Pen in?UTC−5 - What currency is used in May Pen?Dollar (JMD) - What language is spoken in May Pen?English (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in May Pen?143 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of May Pen?Settlements lie between 7 m and 825 m - What is the highest point in May Pen?Kenkoo Hill (465 m, GeoNames elevation model) - What is the best time to visit May Pen?November to April and June to August - How many hospitals are in May Pen?2 mapped - How many banks are in May Pen?7 mapped - How many petrol pumps are in May Pen?20 mapped - What is the P-code of May Pen?JM0105 (OCHA common operational dataset)