Half Way Tree
Half Way Tree is a neighbourhood in the city of Kingston, Jamaica.
Half Way Tree is a neighbourhood in the city of Kingston, Jamaica. It is the parish capital of St. Andrew.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Half Way Tree
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sabina Park
Sabina Park is a cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the home of the Jamaica cricket team and is the only Test cricket ground in Jamaica.
3.6 km · Park · Wikipedia - 02Bob Marley Museum
The Bob Marley Museum is a tourist attraction in Kingston, Jamaica, dedicated to the reggae musician Bob Marley. The museum is located at 56 Hope Road, Kingston, and is Bob Marley's former place of residence.
1.1 km · biographical museum · Wikipedia - 03National Heroes Park
National Heroes Park is a botanical garden in Kingston, Jamaica. The largest open space in Kingston at 20 hectares in size, National Heroes Park features numerous monuments; it is the burial site of many of Jamaica's national heroes, prime ministers and cultural leaders.
3.1 km · park in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 04Shaare Shalom Synagogue
The Sha'are Shalom Synagogue, officially the Kahal Kadosh Sha'are Shalom, also known as the United Congregation of Israelites, is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the city of Kingston, on the island of Jamaica.
4 km · historic synagogue in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 05Holy Trinity Cathedral
Holy Trinity Cathedral is a Catholic church located in downtown Kingston, the capital of Jamaica. It is located between North Street and George Headley Drive.
3.9 km · church in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 06Emancipation Park
Emancipation Park is a public park in Kingston, Jamaica. The park is in New Kingston, opened on 31 July 2002, the day before Emancipation Day.
1.1 km · park in Jamaica · Wikipedia - 07Hope Botanical Gardens
Hope Botanical Gardens, also known as the Royal Botanical Gardens, is a 200-acre park and gardens located in St Andrew, Jamaica.
4 km · botanical garden in Jamaica · Wikipedia - 08Mico University College
The Mico University College is an institution of higher education in Kingston, Jamaica.
2.5 km · teacher-training college in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 09University of the Commonwealth Caribbean
The University of the Commonwealth Caribbean is one of Jamaica's largest privately held tertiary education institutions operating 7 campuses in six parishes across Jamaica. As of 2017, the University offers professional certificate, diploma, associate, bachelor's and master's degree programs, as well as customized training programs in Jamaica.
500 m · Private University in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia - 10Church of the Redeemer, Jamaica
The Church of the Redeemer is the oldest Moravian Church building in Kingston, Jamaica, and houses a congregation of the Jamaican province of the Moravian Church. It was opened in 1918.
3.9 km · church in Kingston, Jamaica · Wikipedia
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Getting to Half Way Tree
- Airports
- Norman Manley (KIN), 8 km · Sangster (MBJ), 131 km · Antonio Maceo (SCU), 240 km
- Montego Bay → Half Way Tree129 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · $14–19
- Santiago → Half Way Tree5760 km · quickest by air, 14h 12m · CLP$469,820–728,250
- Holguin → Half Way Tree325 km · quickest by air, 7h 9m · $210–310
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Half Way Tree
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Half Way Tree. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere are also minibuses and route taxis which are very affordable.
- Get aroundCharter Taxis (normal taxis) - negotiate a price before getting in the car.
- Go nextOcho Rios ("Ochi") - only 4 hours away by minibus/route taxi for ~J$500.
- Go nextPort Antonio - take a direct minibus/route taxi from HWT for J$200–300.
From Wikivoyage: Kingston (Jamaica), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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- Trenchtownresidential neighbourhood in Kingston, St Andrew, Jamaica3.1 km
- Monaneighbourhood of Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica3.5 km
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