---
title: "What's around a place (OpenStreetMap, national)"
method: POST
path: "/api/locus_nearby_places"
tags: ["places", "amenities", "neighborhood", "read-only", "free", "free"]
---

# What's around a place (OpenStreetMap, national)

`POST /api/locus_nearby_places`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.locus.report`
- URL: `https://api.locus.report/api/locus_nearby_places`
- Auth: none required

Returns nearby OpenStreetMap places for a US address or point: food, groceries, schools, healthcare, parks, transit, civic buildings, worship, banks, and fuel or EV, with distance and an OSM verify link. North Carolina uses AddressNC; elsewhere, OSM geocoding. Mapped places only, not a full inventory or an area judgment.
Use this when you can call Locus free tools (REST tools/call or MCP).
Use locus-nearby-places instead when your client can only call paid x402 routes; it returns the same records. Direct flat-body route for this one free resource; no API key, payment, or catalog wrapper. Return only the cited bounded evidence described here; this route never produces a paid brief or full report.

## Request body

- object
  - `address` string: Optional US street address or place; NC uses AddressNC first, other areas use the national geocoder fallback when latitude/longitude are not provided.
  - `latitude` number: Optional decimal latitude; provide with longitude to skip address geocoding.
  - `longitude` number: Optional decimal longitude; provide with latitude to skip address geocoding.
  - `radiusMeters` integer: Optional search radius in meters around the point; default 800, max 3000.

## Response `200`

Free cited evidence response.

- object

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request body.
- `429`: Rate limited.

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