In Stony Gut, eight kilometers north of Morant Bay, a marker placed by the JNHT indicates Paul Bogle’s birthplace and the place where his Revival Baptist church once stood. To get there, head inland at the center of town to Morant, where a right turn leads to the nondescript hamlet of Stony Gut.

Reggae Falls, located near Seaforth, is a popular spot for locals to come splash around by an old dam on the Morant River and jump off the large rocks along the river. There is a hut nearby where drinks and food are served. A left across the bridge at the intersection in Seaforth leads to Mt.

The Morant Point Lighthouse sits on Jamaica’s easternmost point. Cast of iron in London, the 30-meter-tall lighthouse was erected in 1841 by Kru people, indentured Africans brought to Jamaica in the post-emancipation period. There is a beautiful, desolate beach along Holland Bay just north of Morant Point.

The town of Bath was erected using government resources and had a brief glamorous history as a fashionable second-home community for the island’s elite. The splendor was short-lived, however, and the town quickly declined to become a backwater--as it remains today.