Bath Mineral Spring, Saint Thomas

The rural community of Bath in St. Thomas is teeming with history and beauty, home to Jamaica’s oldest botanical garden and a mineral spring by the same name. Legend has it that the bath was discovered in the 1600s by a runaway slave with leg ulcers. He stumbled across the spring, used it to wash his wounded limb then noticed the next day that his leg was rapidly healing. He shared the good news then stories of the fountain spread, soon attracting visitors from islandwide. 

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Explore Rockfort Mineral Bath: A Jewel in Kingston

Besides therapeutic mineral-rich water at the Rockfort Mineral Bath in Kingston, the property also houses historical ruins of an old fort. Rockfort was first fortified in 1694 as protection against possible French invasion from Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). This was done to augment Port Royal’s fortification which was badly damaged 2 years earlier in the infamous earthquake of 1692. The Rockfort Mineral Bath closed to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic, but as of August 2025 is now reopened so here’s what to expect.

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