---
title: "Unified read API over US National Park Service..."
method: GET
path: "/api/park/lookup"
tags: ["park"]
---

# Unified read API over US National Park Service...

`GET /api/park/lookup`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/park/lookup`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Unified read API over US National Park Service developer.nps.gov. Pick a resource: parks (every NPS unit — historical parks, monuments, seashores, etc.), alerts (closures, dangers, info), campgrounds (NPS-operated campgrounds with reservation links), events (talks, walks, ranger programs), newsreleases (park news), thingstodo (activities by park), visitorcenters. Filter by parkCode (CSV — e.g. "acad,yose,grca"), state, or free-text query. Returns the upstream NPS payload verbatim (rich nested objects with images, addresses, operating hours, etc.).

## Query parameters

- `resource` 'parks' | 'alerts' | 'campgrounds' | 'events' | 'newsreleases' | 'thingstodo' | 'visitorcenters', required
- `parkCode` string
- `state` string
- `q` string
- `limit` integer
- `start` integer
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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