status.live campgrounds
Which of 4,200 national park and national forest campgrounds are open today, with booking links.
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Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"campgrounds": {
"url": "https://status.live/campgrounds/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://status.live/campgrounds/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (3)
🟢campgrounds_search(query, open_today_only, limit)
Find National Park Service and Forest Service campgrounds by name, id, park or national forest (e.g. "Yosemite", "Shasta-Trinity"), or state ("CO", "Colorado"), with whether each is open today and its booking link. Returns ids for campgrounds_get_status. NPS campgrounds are open or closed by the park's published schedule; Forest Service ones by the status each forest lists (refreshed every 6 hours). "not listed" means the forest gives no status: unknown, not closed.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name, id, park, forest or state, case-insensitive"
},
"open_today_only": {
"default": false,
"type": "boolean"
},
"limit": {
"default": 25,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 100
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢campgrounds_get_status(campground)
One campground: whether it is open today, the season, how to book it (Recreation.gov or the concessioner, or first come first served), fees, rules, its official page, and a model weather forecast. Accepts an id (e.g. "upper-pines") or a name. NPS campgrounds are open or closed by the park's published schedule; Forest Service ones by the status each forest lists (refreshed every 6 hours). "not listed" means the forest gives no status: unknown, not closed.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"campground": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Campground id or name"
}
},
"required": [
"campground"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}🟢campgrounds_find_near(latitude, longitude, max_km, open_today_only, limit)
National Park Service and Forest Service campgrounds nearest a latitude/longitude, with distance, whether each is open today and its booking link. NPS campgrounds are open or closed by the park's published schedule; Forest Service ones by the status each forest lists (refreshed every 6 hours). "not listed" means the forest gives no status: unknown, not closed.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"latitude": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90
},
"longitude": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180
},
"max_km": {
"default": 50,
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 300
},
"open_today_only": {
"default": false,
"type": "boolean"
},
"limit": {
"default": 15,
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 50
}
},
"required": [
"latitude",
"longitude"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}Community
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