# Harry Watch Community, Mile Gully, Manchester Parish > Source: https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/harry-watch/ Community · Mile Gully # Harry Watch Harry Watch is a community of Jamaica in Mile Gully, Manchester Parish. It covers **21.8 km²**. 8 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 1 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 21.8km² - 1mapped service - 609 mtypical elevation ## Where is Harry Watch? Harry Watch lies in [Mile Gully](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/), [Manchester Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/), [Jamaica](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/). It borders 8 other communities: [Auchtembeddie](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/auchtembeddie/), [Bethany](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/bethany/), [Comfort Hall](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/comfort-hall/), [Craighead](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/christiana/craighead/), [Hibernia](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/christiana/hibernia/), [Mile Gully](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/mile-gully/), [Oxford](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/oxford/) and [Robins Hall](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/christiana/robins-hall/). By area it is the 144th largest of 775 communities in Jamaica. It covers 15.3% of [Mile Gully](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/manchester/mile-gully/). The centre of Harry Watch is about 85 km in a straight line from Kingston, the capital. The centre point is at 18.1806° N, 77.5735° 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 Harry Watch ### Nearby, outside Harry Watch - Rottengut River Rising · cave, Comfort Hall2.5 km - Molton Fissure · cave, Robins Hall3.0 km - Breeze Hole River Cave · cave, Auchtembeddie5.7 km - Breeze Hole · cave, Auchtembeddie5.8 km - Goffe's Cave · cave, Pike5.9 km - Marley Small Cave · cave, Auchtembeddie6.1 km - Marley River Cave · cave, Auchtembeddie6.1 km - Jack Wait Cave · cave, Litchfield6.1 km - Old Man's Gully Cave · cave, Auchtembeddie6.1 km - Mans Cave · cave, Coleyville6.2 km - Noisy River Falls · waterfall, Oxford6.3 km - Myrtel Jackson Cave · cave, Maidstone6.4 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: Harry Watch - Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Jamaica - CurrencyDollar (JMD) - Country calling code+1-876 - LanguagesEnglish - Plug typesType A, B - Driving sideLeft ### Nearest airports - Sangster International Airport (MBJ) · Montego Bay51 km - Ian Fleming International Airport (OCJ) · Boscobel68 km ### Nearest railway station Greenvale Station (Mile Gully), about 5.3 km from the centre. ### Daylight Days are longest in Jun (about 13.2 hours, sunrise around 05:33) and shortest in Dec (about 11.0 hours, sunrise around 06:33, sunset around 17:36). 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. ## Villages and localities in Harry Watch Open gazetteers list **8 villages, towns and localities** in Harry Watch. Settlements here lie between about 526 m and 810 m above sea level (median 609 m). - Ballynure - Good Intent - Grass Hill - Harry Watch - Heavitree - Keanwood - Racecourse - Whitby 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). ## Weather in Harry Watch and the best time to visit Using the climate of Mile Gully, 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 Harry Watch Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Percy Junor Hospital · Spring Ground 12 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.15502&mlon=-77.46474#map=17/18.15502/-77.46474) Bank Access Financial Services Limited · Christiana 8.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.17384&mlon=-77.49078#map=17/18.17384/-77.49078) ATM National Commercial Bank · Mandeville 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.04584&mlon=-77.50786#map=17/18.04584/-77.50786) Petrol pump Texaco · Chudleigh 8.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.14891&mlon=-77.50031#map=17/18.14891/-77.50031) Hotel Hotel Villa Bella · Spring Ground 9.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.15924&mlon=-77.48812#map=17/18.15924/-77.48812) Mall Midway Mall Mandeville Jamaica · Mandeville 16 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.05415&mlon=-77.50961#map=17/18.05415/-77.50961) School Devon All Age · Devon 5.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.16498&mlon=-77.52780#map=17/18.16498/-77.52780) College Knox Community College · Spalding 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.15044&mlon=-77.45425#map=17/18.15044/-77.45425) Police station Cottage Police Station · Harry Watch 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.14373&mlon=-77.55097#map=17/18.14373/-77.55097) 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 Harry Watch Places mapped inside Harry Watch in open map data, by type. - Police stations1 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 Mile Gully - Auchtembeddie - Bethany - Comfort Hall - Evergreen - Litchfield - Maidstone - Medina - Mile Gully - Oxford - St. Paul's ## Quick answers - Where is Harry Watch?In Mile Gully, Manchester Parish, Jamaica - What borders Harry Watch?Auchtembeddie, Bethany, Comfort Hall, Craighead, Hibernia, Mile Gully, Oxford and Robins Hall - What is there to see in Harry Watch?Rottengut River Rising, Molton Fissure, Breeze Hole River Cave, Breeze Hole - What time zone is Harry Watch in?UTC−5 - What currency is used in Harry Watch?Dollar (JMD) - What language is spoken in Harry Watch?English (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in Harry Watch?8 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Harry Watch?Settlements lie between 526 m and 810 m - What is the best time to visit Harry Watch?November to April and June to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Harry Watch?Percy Junor Hospital, about 12 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Harry Watch?Access Financial Services Limited, about 8.8 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Harry Watch?National Commercial Bank, about 17 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Harry Watch?Texaco, about 8.5 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Harry Watch?JM040605 (OCHA common operational dataset)