national-parks-mcp-server

Name: national-parks-mcp-server
Author: cyanheads

cyanheads

Plan US National Park Service trips — find parks, check alerts and closures, find campgrounds, and browse things to do and events via the NPS Data API. STDIO or Streamable HTTP.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Local

claude mcp add national-parks-server-cyanheads --env NPS_API_KEY='<NPS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.national-parks-server-cyanheads]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server"]
env = { NPS_API_KEY = "<NPS_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add national-parks-server-cyanheads --env NPS_API_KEY='<NPS_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NPS_API_KEY": "<NPS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NPS_API_KEY": "<NPS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NPS_API_KEY": "<NPS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NPS_API_KEY": "<NPS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/national-parks-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NPS_API_KEY": "<NPS_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Remote

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.national-parks-server-cyanheads]
url = "https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp"

# codex mcp add national-parks-server-cyanheads --url https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

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

claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "national-parks-server-cyanheads": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://national-parks.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

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

Environment variables

NPS_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Local

Remote

Environment variables

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