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Every US national park: visiting hours, alerts, campgrounds and conditions.

Capabilities (16)

GET /v1/data/nps/activities1 credit

Returns the controlled vocabulary of NPS activities (Hiking, Stargazing, Kayaking...) with the id used to filter other endpoints.

q?limit?start?id?
GET /v1/data/nps/alerts1 credit

Returns current NPS alerts - closures, caution notices, danger notices and information posts - with title, category, description and the park they apply to.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/amenities1 credit

Returns the controlled vocabulary of NPS amenities (ATM, Accessible Rooms, Potable Water...) with their categories and ids.

q?limit?start?id?
GET /v1/data/nps/articles1 credit

Returns NPS-authored articles - history, science, nature and visitor stories - with title, listing description, images, related parks and a link.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/campgrounds1 credit

Returns NPS campground records with location, number and type of sites, amenities, accessibility, fees, reservation info and operating season.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?sort?
GET /v1/data/nps/events1 credit

Returns scheduled NPS events - ranger programs, talks, walks and special occasions - with date, recurrence, times, location, fees and registration details.

parkCode?stateCode?q?dateStart?dateEnd?eventType?pageSize?pageNumber?id?
GET /v1/data/nps/feespasses1 credit

Returns a park's fee posture: whether it is fee free, the entrance fee and pass products with prices, and the text of any fee-free day or waiver.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/newsreleases1 credit

Returns NPS press releases with title, abstract, release date, park and a link to the full text.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/parkboundaries1 credit

Returns the official administrative boundary of one park unit as a GeoJSON FeatureCollection of polygons.

sitecode
GET /v1/data/nps/parks1 credit

Returns full records for National Park Service units: official name, designation, states, coordinates, description, operating hours, entrance fees, activities, topics and images.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?sort?fields?
GET /v1/data/nps/places1 credit

Returns NPS 'Places' records: named points of interest inside parks with coordinates, a rich description, amenities, accessibility notes and images.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/thingstodo1 credit

Returns curated NPS activity suggestions with a short and long description, duration, season, accessibility, fees, location and related park.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/topics1 credit

Returns the controlled vocabulary of NPS topics (Civil War, Volcanoes, Wildlife...) with the id used to filter other endpoints.

q?limit?start?id?
GET /v1/data/nps/tours1 credit

Returns NPS self-guided tour records: an ordered list of stops with coordinates, descriptions, images and the activities and topics the tour covers.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/visitorcenters1 credit

Returns NPS visitor center records with address, coordinates, phone, operating hours, seasonal exceptions and amenities.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?
GET /v1/data/nps/webcams1 credit

Returns NPS webcam records with the stream or still-image URL, title, description, status and the park and coordinates it looks at.

parkCode?stateCode?q?limit?start?

Licence

Work of the United States federal government, not subject to copyright in the US (17 U.S.C. 105). Free to use, including commercially, with the agency named as the source.

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/developer/terms-of-service.htm

Attribution

Display this wherever you show the data. It arrives on every response as provenance.attribution_text.

Source: US National Park Service

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