# Bushy Park Community, May Pen, Saint Catherine Parish > Source: https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/may-pen/bushy-park/ Community · May Pen # Bushy Park Bushy Park is a community of Jamaica in May Pen, Saint Catherine Parish. It covers **39.0 km²**. 9 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 2 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools. - 39.0km² - 2mapped services - 16 mtypical elevation ## Where is Bushy Park? Bushy Park lies in [May Pen](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/may-pen/), [Saint Catherine Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/), [Jamaica](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/). It borders 5 other communities: [Hellshire](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/portmore/hellshire/), [Kitson Town](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/kitson-town/), [Old Harbour](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/old-harbour/old-harbour/), [Old Harbour Bay](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/old-harbour/old-harbour-bay/) and [Old Harbour Road](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/old-harbour-road/). By area it is the 42nd largest of 775 communities in Jamaica. The centre of Bushy Park is about 29 km in a straight line from Kingston, the capital. The centre point is at 17.9393° N, 77.0653° 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 Bushy Park ### Nearby, outside Bushy Park - Old Harbour Bay Fishing Beach · beach, Old Harbour Bay4.8 km - Spring Garden Rising · cave, Old Harbour5.5 km - Colbeck Castle (1680) · attraction, Old Harbour7.2 km - Birds Roda Cave · cave, Old Harbour8.6 km - Duck Pond Sinkhole · cave, Hellshire8.9 km - Horse Cave · cave, Hellshire9.8 km - Hellshire Lake Cavern · cave, Hellshire10 km - Worldsend Gully Cave · cave, Kitson Town10 km - Hellshire New Caves · cave, Hellshire11 km - Retreat Cave · cave, Kitson Town11 km - Ginger Holes · cave, Hellshire11 km - Rosewell Cave · waterfall, Rosewell11 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: Bushy Park - 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 Pen26 km - Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) · Kingston29 km ### Nearest railway station Old Harbour Railway Station (Old Harbour Bay), about 4.6 km from the centre. ### Daylight Days are longest in Jun (about 13.2 hours, sunrise around 05:32) and shortest in Dec (about 11.1 hours, sunrise around 06:31, 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. ## Villages and localities in Bushy Park Open gazetteers list **9 villages, towns and localities** in Bushy Park. Settlements here lie between about 8 m and 31 m above sea level (median 16 m). - Bushy Park - Cherry Garden - Kilbies - Mendes Pen & Palmyra - Nightengale Grove - Saint Helens - Spring Village - Thetford - Vineyard 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 Bushy Park Named natural and historic features inside Bushy Park, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 3 rivers and streams. - Church Pen Gully - Coleburns Gully - Spring Garden River ### Getting around 1 railway station. - Bushy 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 Bushy Park 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 (26 °C). About 927 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Oct (170 mm) and the driest Feb (19 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to July**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 26 33 Feb 26 19 Mar 26 29 Apr 27 41 May 27 111 Jun 28 89 Jul 28 69 Aug 28 104 Sep 28 127 Oct 28 170 Nov 27 87 Dec 26 49 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Bushy Park Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital Amadeo Medical Group · Spanish Town Central 13 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.99546&mlon=-76.95642#map=17/17.99546/-76.95642) Bank FHC Credit Union · Old Harbour 4.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.93841&mlon=-77.10950#map=17/17.93841/-77.10950) ATM NCB · Sydenham 11 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.99006&mlon=-76.98084#map=17/17.99006/-76.98084) Petrol pump TotalEnergies, Old Harbour · Old Harbour Bay 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.93329&mlon=-77.10862#map=17/17.93329/-77.10862) Hotel Fi Wi Place · Bushy Park 0.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.94526&mlon=-77.06319#map=17/17.94526/-77.06319) Mall Plaza · Old Harbour 4.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.93949&mlon=-77.11110#map=17/17.93949/-77.11110) School Marlie Mount Primary · Old Harbour 3.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.94430&mlon=-77.09733#map=17/17.94430/-77.09733) College Portmore Community College · Old Harbour 4.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.93839&mlon=-77.10878#map=17/17.93839/-77.10878) Police station Old Harbour Police · Old Harbour 5.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=17.93869&mlon=-77.11265#map=17/17.93869/-77.11265) 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 Bushy Park Places mapped inside Bushy Park in open map data, by type. - Hotels1 - 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. ## Quick answers - Where is Bushy Park?In May Pen, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica - What borders Bushy Park?Hellshire, Kitson Town, Old Harbour, Old Harbour Bay and Old Harbour Road - What is there to see in Bushy Park?Old Harbour Bay Fishing Beach, Spring Garden Rising, Colbeck Castle (1680), Birds Roda Cave - What time zone is Bushy Park in?UTC−5 - What currency is used in Bushy Park?Dollar (JMD) - What language is spoken in Bushy Park?English (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in Bushy Park?9 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Bushy Park?Settlements lie between 8 m and 31 m - What is the best time to visit Bushy Park?November to July - Where is the nearest hospital to Bushy Park?Amadeo Medical Group, about 13 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Bushy Park?FHC Credit Union, about 4.7 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Bushy Park?NCB, about 11 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Bushy Park?TotalEnergies, Old Harbour, about 4.6 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Bushy Park?JM080304 (OCHA common operational dataset)