Recreation.gov

The Recreation Information Database (RIDB) provides data resources to citizens, offering a single point of access to information about recreational opportunities nationwide. The RIDB represents an authoritative source of information and services for millions of visitors to federal lands, historic sites, museums, and other attractions/resources.

Recreation.gov publishes 10 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Activities API, Campsites API, Events API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Recreation, Federal, Camping, Outdoors, and Public Lands.

Recreation.gov’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 5 more developer resources.

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28.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

10 APIs

Recreation Federal Camping Outdoors Public Lands

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 28.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.4 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17

Access Clarity 2.7 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.9 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 6.3 / 9

Regulatory Posture 5.0 / 15

Agent readiness — 23/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Open Collections 12

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Recreation Gov Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LlmsText

LlmsText

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: recreation-gov
name: Recreation.gov
description: The Recreation Information Database (RIDB) provides data resources to citizens, offering a single point of access
  to information about recreational opportunities nationwide. The RIDB represents an authoritative source of information and
  services for millions of visitors to federal lands, historic sites, museums, and other attractions/resources.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/recreation-gov.png
tags:
- Recreation
- Federal
- Camping
- Outdoors
- Public Lands
created: '2025-03-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/recreation-gov/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-activities-api
  name: Recreation.gov Activities API
  description: The Activities API from Recreation.gov — 2 operation(s) for activities.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Activities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-activities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-campsites-api
  name: Recreation.gov Campsites API
  description: The Campsites API from Recreation.gov — 2 operation(s) for campsites.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Campsites
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-campsites-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-events-api
  name: Recreation.gov Events API
  description: The Events API from Recreation.gov — 2 operation(s) for events.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Event
  tags_raw:
  - Events
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-events-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-facilities-api
  name: Recreation.gov Facilities API
  description: The Facilities API from Recreation.gov — 6 operation(s) for facilities.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Facilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-facilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-links-api
  name: Recreation.gov Links API
  description: The Links API from Recreation.gov — 1 operation(s) for links.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Links
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-links-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-media-api
  name: Recreation.gov Media API
  description: The Media API from Recreation.gov — 1 operation(s) for media.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-organizations-api
  name: Recreation.gov Organizations API
  description: The Organizations API from Recreation.gov — 2 operation(s) for organizations.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Organization
  tags_raw:
  - Organizations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-organizations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-permitentrances-api
  name: Recreation.gov Permitentrances API
  description: The Permitentrances API from Recreation.gov — 2 operation(s) for permitentrances.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Permitentrances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-permitentrances-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-recareas-api
  name: Recreation.gov Recareas API
  description: The Recareas API from Recreation.gov — 5 operation(s) for recareas.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Recareas
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-recareas-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
- aid: recreation-gov:recreation-gov-tours-api
  name: Recreation.gov Tours API
  description: The Tours API from Recreation.gov — 2 operation(s) for tours.
  humanURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/landing
  baseURL: https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1
  tags:
  - Tours
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/recreation-gov-tours-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
  - type: Signup
    url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/profile
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/recreation-gov-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/recreation-gov-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/recreation-gov-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/recreation-gov-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.recreation.gov
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ridb.recreation.gov/docs
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://www.recreation.gov/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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