National Parks MCP Server

@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server Plan US National Park Service trips - find parks, check alerts and closures, find campgrounds, browse things to do and events via the NPS Data API. STDIO or Streamable HTTP. Its README documents 6 tools, including nps_find_parks, nps_get_park, nps_get_alerts.

People who work with camping, cyanheads and national parks and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-24 · ★ 2 · #70 OF 292 MAINTAINED API INTEGRATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

Apache-2.0 · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install National Parks MCP Server

before you install - you'll need

Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL, NPS_API_KEY before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add cyanheads-national-parks-mcp-server --transport http https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyanheads-national-parks-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - responded to MCP initialize · probed 2026-09-30

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions · remote - your agent's requests go to national-parks.caseyjhand.com

endpoint auth accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize - no credentials needed to connect

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server - published under the repo owner's npm scope (@cyanheads)

registry namespace io.github.cyanheads is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What National Parks MCP Server can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

An agent gets 6 documented tools, including nps_find_parks, nps_get_park, nps_get_alerts, nps_find_campgrounds, nps_get_activities.

The 6 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what national-parks-mcp-server lets an agent do.

nps_find_parks: - Resolve a place name, US state, or free-text query to parks - the required first step. Returns each park's parkCode plus a trip-planning summary.
nps_get_park: - Full detail for up to ten parks in one batched call: description, activities, fees & passes, hours, contacts, directions, weather overview, images.
nps_get_alerts: - Current alerts for a park or state - closures, hazards, caution, information - with category and recency surfaced first.
nps_find_campgrounds: - Campgrounds at a park or state: amenities, reservable vs. first-come site counts, reservation info, accessibility, and fees.
nps_get_activities: - Curated things to do and points of interest: title, duration, location, accessibility, and fee/pet/reservation flags.
nps_find_events: - Scheduled events within a date range: dates/times, location, category, fee, and registration links.

Latest releases

v0.2.0 · 2026-09-24

Amenity and park-text accuracy, uniform input validation · nps_find_campgrounds amenities are boolean | null - null when NPS published no value, where it previously read false; rendered as Unknown (#21) · nps_get_park…

v0.1.7 · 2026-09-20

mcp-ts-core 0.13.6 adoption and entity-decoding fix · stripHtml() decodes each character reference exactly once, fixing double-decoded escaped entities in NPS free-text fields (#18) · Plugin installs no longer ship a…

v0.1.6 · 2026-08-23

MCP SDK v2 maintenance · Adopts the sessionless 2026-07-28 request path, strict root tool inputs, structured error output schemas, and JSON Schema 2020-12. · Pins stateless HTTP serving and carries the SDK v2 Context…

04 · Who maintains National Parks MCP Server

national-parks-mcp-server is maintained by cyanheads. We track 137 MCP servers from cyanheads - 131 actively maintained, 1,856 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Dec 2024. Full record: all servers from cyanheads.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server
category: API integration - ranked #70 of 292 actively-maintained API integration servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 6 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-24)
registry: io.github.cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-06-14 · 9 versions)
packages: npm:@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server · npm:@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server

06 · National Parks MCP Server FAQ

Is National Parks MCP Server still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-24 and it shipped 6 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can National Parks MCP Server do?

An agent gets 6 documented tools, including nps_find_parks, nps_get_park, nps_get_alerts, nps_find_campgrounds, nps_get_activities.

How do I install National Parks MCP Server?

Run `npx -y @cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server`. The README documents 3 environment variables (MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL, NPS_API_KEY) to set first. Set MCP_TRANSPORT_TYPE, MCP_LOG_LEVEL, NPS_API_KEY before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does National Parks MCP Server require authentication?

No - the endpoint accepted our unauthenticated MCP initialize when probed on 2026-09-30; you can connect without credentials.

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