# Mineral Heights Community, May Pen, Clarendon Parish

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Community · May Pen 

# Mineral Heights

Mineral Heights is a community of Jamaica in May Pen, Clarendon Parish. It covers **1.48 km²**. Open map data shows 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1.5km²
- 3mapped services

## Where is Mineral Heights?

Mineral Heights lies in [May Pen](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/), [Clarendon Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/), [Jamaica](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/). It borders 3 other communities: [Curatoe Hill](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/curatoe-hill/), [Halse Hall](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/lionel-town/halse-hall/) and [Hazard](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/hazard/). By area it is the 709th largest of 775 communities in Jamaica. It covers 0.4% of [May Pen](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/clarendon/may-pen/). The centre of Mineral Heights is about 47 km in a straight line from Kingston, the capital. It is about 2.8 km from May Pen, the main town of May Pen. The centre point is at 17.9419° N, 77.2328° 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 Mineral Heights

### Nearby, outside Mineral Heights

- Jamalco Great House · attraction, Halse Hall2.0 km
- Rosewell Cave · waterfall, Rosewell7.0 km
- Woodside Caves · cave, Pleasant Valley9.2 km
- Planters Hall Cave 1 · cave, Old Harbour9.6 km
- Planters Hall Cave 2 · cave, Old Harbour9.6 km
- Rhoden Cave · cave, Old Harbour10 km
- Marshallecks Caves · cave, Moores10 km
- Colbeck Castle (1680) · attraction, Old Harbour11 km
- Clue · cave, Wood Hall11 km
- Pinny Cave · cave, Brixton Hill13 km
- Glendale Cave · cave, Dawkins13 km
- Glendale Shelter · cave, Pleasant Valley13 km

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: Mineral Heights

- 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 Pen44 km
- Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) · Kingston47 km

### Nearest railway station

Four Paths Railway Station (1900) (Four Paths), about 8.1 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.

## Weather in Mineral Heights and the best time to visit

Using the climate of 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/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Mineral Heights

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital May Pen Hospital · Glenmuir 4.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.97330&mlon=-77.25969#map=17/17.97330/-77.25969) 

Bank JN Bank · May Pen 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.96538&mlon=-77.23904#map=17/17.96538/-77.23904) 

ATM NCB · Sydenham 27 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.99006&mlon=-76.98084#map=17/17.99006/-76.98084) 

Petrol pump Texaco · Curatoe Hill 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.94838&mlon=-77.23855#map=17/17.94838/-77.23855) 

Hotel Hotel Versalles · Hazard 1.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.95582&mlon=-77.23656#map=17/17.95582/-77.23656) 

Mall May Pen Mall · May Pen 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.96722&mlon=-77.24028#map=17/17.96722/-77.24028) 

School Little World Early Childhood Center · Mineral Heights 0.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.94214&mlon=-77.23323#map=17/17.94214/-77.23323) 

College Hastings Acadamy · May Pen 2.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.96555&mlon=-77.24445#map=17/17.96555/-77.24445) 

Police station Jamaica Constabulary · Longville Park 7.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.91486&mlon=-77.17183#map=17/17.91486/-77.17183) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Mineral Heights

Places mapped inside Mineral Heights in open map data, by type.

- Schools2
- Restaurants1

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.

## Other communities in May Pen

- Ashley
- Brixton Hill
- Bucknor
- Bushy Park
- Chatteau
- Cockpit
- Curatoe Hill
- Dawkins
- Effortville
- Four Paths
- Free Town
- Glenmuir
- Hazard
- Longville Park
- May Pen
- Moores
- Mount Airy
- New Denbigh (Race Track)
- New Longsville
- Old Denbigh
- Osbourne Store
- Paisley
- Palmers Cross
- Pleasant Valley
- Richmond Park
- Rock
- Rosewell
- Sandy Bay
- Smithville
- Thompson Town
- Tollgate
- Treadlight
- York Town

## Quick answers

- Where is Mineral Heights?In May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica
- What borders Mineral Heights?Curatoe Hill, Halse Hall and Hazard
- What is there to see in Mineral Heights?Jamalco Great House, Rosewell Cave, Woodside Caves, Planters Hall Cave 1
- What time zone is Mineral Heights in?UTC−5
- What currency is used in Mineral Heights?Dollar (JMD)
- What language is spoken in Mineral Heights?English (main languages nationally)
- What is the best time to visit Mineral Heights?November to April and June to August
- Where is the nearest hospital to Mineral Heights?May Pen Hospital, about 4.5 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Mineral Heights?JN Bank, about 2.7 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Mineral Heights?NCB, about 27 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Mineral Heights?Texaco, about 0.9 km from the centre
- What is the P-code of Mineral Heights?JM010516 (OCHA common operational dataset)