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National Park Service

 1.0.0 

[ Base URL: developer.nps.gov/api/v1 ]

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This API is designed to provide authoritative National Park Service (NPS) data and content about parks and their facilities, events, news, alerts, and more. Explore the NPS API below and even try to make API calls. In order to try an API call, you'll need to click on the "Authorize" button below and add your API key. If you don't have an API key yet, visit our Get Started page.

Schemeshttps

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activitiesRetrieve categories of activities (astronomy, hiking, wildlife watching, etc.) possible in national parks.

GET/activities

activities/parksRetrieve national parks that are related to particular categories of activity (astronomy, hiking, wildlife watching, etc.).

GET/activities/parks

alertsRetrieve alerts (danger, closure, caution, and information) posted by parks.

GET/alerts

amenitiesRetrieve the amenity types (accessible restrooms, fire pit, picnic area, etc.) available in national parks.

GET/amenities

amenities/parksplacesRetrieve "places" within national parks that have different amenities. (For more about "place" assets, see below.)

GET/amenities/parksplaces

amenities/parksvisitorcentersRetrieve visitor centers within national parks that have different amenities.

GET/amenities/parksvisitorcenters

articlesRetrieve articles created by national parks and other NPS entities. (See "people" and "places" below for other specific article types.)

GET/articles

campgroundsRetrieve data about National Park Service campgrounds including addresses, contacts, description, hours of operation, etc.

GET/campgrounds

eventsRetrieve events created by national parks and other NPS entities.

GET/events

feespassesRetrieve fees and passes information created by national parks and other NPS entities.

GET/feespasses

lessonplansRetrieve lesson plans created by national parks and other NPS entities.

GET/lessonplans

mapdata/parkboundariesRetrieve geometry boundaries for park specified by a site code. (e.g. abli)

GET/mapdata/parkboundaries/{sitecode}

multimedia/audioRetrieve metadata relating to audio files created by national parks.

GET/multimedia/audio

multimedia/galleriesRetrieve galleries created by national parks and other NPS entities.

GET/multimedia/galleries

multimedia/galleries/assetsRetrieve gallery assets by unique asset id, or gallery id, etc.

GET/multimedia/galleries/assets

multimedia/videosRetrieve metadata relating to videos created by national parks.

GET/multimedia/videos

newsreleasesRetrieve news releases created by national parks and other NPS entities.

GET/newsreleases

parkinglotsRetrieve information related to parking lots created by national parks and other NPS entities.

GET/parkinglots

parksRetrieve data about national parks (addresses, contacts, description, hours of operation, etc.).

GET/parks

passportstamplocationsRetrieve locations (see "campgrounds", "places", and "visitorcenters") that have national park passport stamps.

GET/passportstamplocations

peopleRetrieve articles providing a synopsis of specific people related to national parks.

GET/people

placesRetrieve articles providing a synopsis of specific places related to national parks.

GET/places

roadeventsRetrieve information relating to road events by park and/or type of event (incident or workzone)

GET/roadevents

thingstodoRetrieve suggested things to do recommended by and for specific national parks.

GET/thingstodo

topicsRetrieve categories of topics (American revolution, music, women's history, etc.) relating to national parks.

GET/topics

topics/parksRetrieve national parks that are related to particular categories of topics (American revolution, music, women's history, etc.).

GET/topics/parks

toursRetrieve tours with stops at the special places, campgrounds, and visitor centers found within national parks.

GET/tours

visitorcentersRetrieve data about National Park Service visitor centers including addresses, contacts, description, hours of operation, etc.

GET/visitorcenters

webcamsRetrieve metadata about National Park Service streaming and non-streaming web cams.

GET/webcams

Models

#/definitions/ActivityActivity{...}

#/definitions/ActivityParkActivityPark{...}

#/definitions/AlertAlert{...}

#/definitions/AmenitiesAmenities{...}

#/definitions/AmenitiesParksPlacesAmenitiesParksPlaces{...}

#/definitions/AmenitiesParksVisitorCentersAmenitiesParksVisitorCenters{...}

#/definitions/ArticleArticle{...}

#/definitions/CampgroundCampground{...}

#/definitions/EventEvent{...}

#/definitions/FeesPassesFeesPasses{...}

#/definitions/LessonPlanLessonPlan{...}

#/definitions/MapdataParkboundaryMapdataParkboundary{...}

#/definitions/MultimediaAudioMultimediaAudio{...}

#/definitions/MultimediaGalleriesMultimediaGalleries{...}

#/definitions/MultimediaGalleriesAssetsMultimediaGalleriesAssets{...}

#/definitions/MultimediaVideosMultimediaVideos{...}

#/definitions/NewsReleaseNewsRelease{...}

#/definitions/ParkinglotParkinglot{...}

#/definitions/ParkPark{...}

#/definitions/PassportstamplocationsPassportstamplocations{...}

#/definitions/PersonPerson{...}

#/definitions/PlacePlace{...}

#/definitions/RoadEventsRoadEvents{...}

#/definitions/ThingsToDoThingsToDo{...}

#/definitions/TopicTopic{...}

#/definitions/TopicParkTopicPark{...}

#/definitions/ToursTours{...}

#/definitions/VisitorCenterVisitorCenter{...}

#/definitions/WebcamsWebcams{...}