Blue Mountains ( Jamaica ) - wikipedia Blue Mountains ( Jamaica ) Blue Mountains View of the Blue Mountain Range looking into St. Mary Parish from St. Andrew Parish. Highest point Peak Blue Mountain Peak Elevation 2,256 m ( 7,402 ft ) Coordinates 18 ° 6 ′ N 76 ° 40 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 18.100 ° N 76.667 ° W ﻿ / 18.100 ; - 76.667 Coordinates : 18 ° 6 ′ N 76 ° 40 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 18.100 ° N 76.667 ° W ﻿ / 18.100 ; - 76.667 Geography Country Jamaica UNESCO World Heritage Site Official name Blue and John Crow Mountains Type Mixed Criteria iii, vi, x Designated 2015 ( 39th session ) Reference no. 1356 State Party Jamaica Region Americas The Blue Mountains are the longest mountain range in Jamaica. They include the island 's highest point, Blue Mountain Peak, at 2256 m ( 7402 ft ). From the summit, accessible via a walking track, both the north and south coasts of the island can be seen. On a clear day, the outline of the island of Cuba, 210 km ( 130 mi ) away, can also be seen. The mountain range spans 4 parishes : Portland, St. Thomas, St Mary and St. Andrew. Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Rainfall 1.2 Climate data 1.3 Flora and fauna 2 Jamaican coffee 3 References 4 External links Geography The Blue Mountains dominate the eastern third of Jamaica, while bordering the eastern parishes of Portland, St. Thomas, St. Mary and St. Andrew to the south. Part of the Blue Mountains is contained in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park established in 1992, which is maintained by the Jamaican government. The Blue Mountains rise to its elevations from the coastal plain in the space of about 16 kilometres ( 9.9 mi ), thus producing one of the steepest general gradients in the world. This forms cooling relief from the sweltering heat of the city of Kingston, visible below. Their summits rise and fall for 24 miles and span 14 miles at their widest point. The temperature decreases from around 27 ° C ( 80 ° F ) at sea level to 5 ° C ( 40 ° F ) at the Blue Mountain Peak, just 16 km ( 9.9 mi ) inland. Rainfall The island 's average rainfall is 1,960 millimetres ( 77 in ) per year. Where the higher elevations of the Blue Mountains catch the rain from moisture - laden winds it exceeds 5,080 millimetres ( 200 in ) per year with some areas recording totals of more than 7,620 millimetres ( 300 in ). Climate data Climate data for Blue Mountains ( altitude : 1,493 metres ( 4,898 ft ) ) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average high ° C ( ° F ) 20.0 ( 68 ) 19.9 ( 67.8 ) 21.0 ( 69.8 ) 21.5 ( 70.7 ) 21.8 ( 71.2 ) 22.9 ( 73.2 ) 23.7 ( 74.7 ) 23.7 ( 74.7 ) 23.0 ( 73.4 ) 21.9 ( 71.4 ) 21.1 ( 70 ) 20.4 ( 68.7 ) 21.7 ( 71.1 ) Average low ° C ( ° F ) 11.9 ( 53.4 ) 11.7 ( 53.1 ) 12.0 ( 53.6 ) 12.6 ( 54.7 ) 13.5 ( 56.3 ) 14.2 ( 57.6 ) 14.7 ( 58.5 ) 15.0 ( 59 ) 14.4 ( 57.9 ) 14.5 ( 58.1 ) 14.0 ( 57.2 ) 12.9 ( 55.2 ) 13.5 ( 56.3 ) Average precipitation mm ( inches ) 126 ( 4.96 ) 116 ( 4.57 ) 103 ( 4.06 ) 172 ( 6.77 ) 219 ( 8.62 ) 141 ( 5.55 ) 79 ( 3.11 ) 179 ( 7.05 ) 226 ( 8.9 ) 343 ( 13.5 ) 396 ( 15.59 ) 235 ( 9.25 ) 2,335 ( 91.93 ) Average precipitation days 12 9 9 11 14 9 7 10 14 17 16 14 142 Average relative humidity ( % ) ( at 13 : 00 ) 83 84 84 85 86 83 80 83 87 90 88 87 85 Mean monthly sunshine hours 127.1 87.6 145.7 132.0 124.0 138.0 155.0 145.7 129.0 127.1 126.0 124.0 1,561.2 Mean daily sunshine hours 4.1 3.1 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.6 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.3 Source : Meteorological Service ( Jamaica ) Flora and fauna The Blue Mountains climatic diversity has led to the growth of diverse and lush vegetation including towering trees and more than 500 species of flowering plants. The mountains are home to the world 's second - largest butterfly and the largest in the Americas, the Homerus swallowtail ( Papilio homerus ). The Jamaican Coney ( Geocapromys brownii ), a type of rodent, and the Jamaican boa ( Epicrates subflavus ) are also found there. Jamaican Coffee Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee In past years when Jamaica 's economy was dominated by plantation slavery, some slaves escaped to the mountains to live independently, where they were known as Maroons. Charles Town on the Buff Bay River, Moore Town, and Scotts Hall are contemporary Maroon communities in Portland Parish. Today, the famous Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee, which commands premium prices on world markets, is cultivated between 2,000 and 5,000 feet above sea level, while higher slopes are preserved as forest. Hagley Gap and Mavis Bank are farming communities located on Blue Mountain with Hagley Gap being closest to Blue Mountain Peak. Both towns rely upon the area 's rich soil for growing coffee. References Jump up ^ Hamilton, Janice ( 2005 ), Jamaica in Pictures, Lerner Publications, p. 10, ISBN 0 - 8225 - 2394 - 9 Jump up ^ `` Mean Climatological Data '' ( PDF ). Meteorological Service ( Jamaica ). Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 7 September 2016. Jump up ^ Rebecca Tortello. `` Jamaican Coffee - `` A Beverage of Distinction '' ``. A Jamaica Gleaner Feature. Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2011. External links Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Blue Mountains ( Jamaica ). Blue Mountains, Jamaica Read about life on a Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee Farm Geography of Jamaica Natural History of Jamaica Subdivisions Counties Parishes Settlements Cities, towns, villages, hamlets and neighbourhoods Landforms Bays and coves Cagway Bay Orange Bay Xtabi Beaches Alligator Pond Billys Bay Bluefields Beach Boston Beach Calabash Bay Doctor 's Cave Beach Club Font Hill Beach Frenchmans Bay Frenchman 's Cove Great Pedro Bay Gut River Hellshire Beach Long Bay Negril Ocean View Beach Treasure Beach Whitehouse Beach Winifred Beach Caves Jamaican Caves Organisation Bad Hole Belmont Carambie Coffee River Drip Dunn 's Hole Gourie Green Grottos Hutchinson 's Hole Jackson 's Bay Morgans Pond Hole Mouth Maze Oxford Smokey Hole Thatchfield Great Windsor Great Xtabi Harbours Kingston Harbour Headlands Half Moon Point Morant Point Palisadoes Portland Point South Negril Point Islands Morant Cays Navy Island, Jamaica Pedro Bank Port Royal Cays Sandals Cay Mountains Blue Mountain Peak Blue Mountains ( Jamaica ) John Crow Mountains Juan de Bolas Mountain Mocho Mountains Rivers Alligator Hole Annotto Back Black Broad Buff Bay Cabarita Cane Cave Coleburns Gully Dry Dunn Ferry Flint ( Hanover ) Flint ( St Mary ) Great Green Island Guava Gut Hectors Hope Juan de Bolas Llandovery Lucea East Lucea West Martha Brae Milk Montego Morant Morgans Negril North South Negro New Savannah One Eye Oracabessa Orange Plantain Garden Port Maria Rio Bueno Rio Cobre Rio Doro Rio Grande Rio Magno Rio Minho Rio Nuevo Rio Pedro Roaring Salt Smith Spanish Stony Sweet Swift Thicket Wag Water White YS Yallahs Straits Jamaica Channel Waterfalls Dunn 's River Falls Fish Dunn Falls Mahoe Falls Mayfield Falls Milford Falls Mountain River Falls Reach Falls Reggae Falls Somerset Falls Tacky Falls Y.S. 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Question: what is the height of blue mountain in jamaica
Answer: 2256 m