Detourmap MCP

An official read-only MCP server providing tools to search for places, find locations near coordinates, retrieve fame rankings, and access per-country or per-kind coverage statistics from the Detourmap dataset.

Endpoint and access

No sign-in to connect and list tools. Individual tools may still need a vendor account, credentials, or permissions; check the documented prerequisites.

Vendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Operated by Detourmap

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://detourmap.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What its tools do

8 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Not annotated (8)

search_places
get_place
places_near
top_places
list_kinds
list_countries
get_statistics
random_place

8 of 8 have a description · 0 of 8 declare behavior hints · 4 of 5 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

Passed Endpoint answered the live check · Nov 6, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
Passed Official MCP Registry namespace is tied to detourmap.com · Nov 6, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC
Passed Endpoint is on the registry namespace domain · Nov 6, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC
Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

Search for a specific place by name
Find places near a given coordinate
Retrieve fame rankings for locations
Get coverage statistics by country or kind

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.1.0

mcp-registry: com.detourmap/places@1.1.0 Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server: detourmap 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check: 2025-06-18
Tools: 8 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {}
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Read-only tools over the Detourmap atlas: 39,832 notable places across 233 countries, and nothing else — the map is cut to 2 kinds: archaeological (ancient ruins, tombs, ghost towns, shipwrecks, catacombs, mines, battlefields and crash sites); nature (parks, mountains, waterfalls, caves, volcanoes and coves). It is an atlas of what nature made and what people left behind, so it holds no museums, galleries, churches, castles, gardens or theme parks. (Facts from Wikidata, CC0; every place has a photo and a Wikipedia article, in English where one exists and otherwise in at least three other languages.) Every result links its spot on https://detourmap.com. Use search_places / get_place for lookups, places_near for "what's worth visiting near X" (geocode X first), top_places for fame, list_kinds / list_countries for coverage, get_statistics for aggregate claims and random_place for discovery.

Tools

8 advertised

search_places — Search places by name

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Search 39,832 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): archaeological and nature. Optionally filter by country (name or ISO code) and kind. Results come best-match-first, then by fame; each carries coordinates, fame rank/tier and links to the map and Wikipedia. If nothing matches, retry with a shorter fragment.

search_places input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Max results (default 10)"
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name or part of a name, e.g. \"pyramiden\" or \"plitvice\""
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Country name or 2-letter ISO code (optional)"
    }
  }
}

get_place — Get one place in full

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.g. "neuschwanstein-castle") or exact name: coordinates, founding year, worldwide fame rank and tier, short description, photo URL, Wikipedia and Wikidata links, and a deep link that opens it on the map. Unsure of the slug? Call search_places first.

get_place input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "place"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "place": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Slug (preferred, e.g. \"colosseum\") or exact name"
    }
  }
}

places_near — Find places worth a detour near a point

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

List notable places within a radius of a WGS84 coordinate, most famous first (rank order), each with distance_km — the direct answer to "what is worth visiting near <place>?". Radius defaults to 50 km (max 500). Geocode the location yourself, then call this with its latitude/longitude. Filter by kind to answer e.g. "waterfalls near Zurich".

places_near input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "latitude",
    "longitude"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 50,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Max results (default 15)"
    },
    "latitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 90,
      "minimum": -90
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 180,
      "minimum": -180
    },
    "radius_km": {
      "type": "number",
      "maximum": 500,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Search radius in km (default 50)"
    }
  }
}

top_places — Most famous places

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

The most famous places worldwide, in one country, or of one kind — ordered by Detourmap fame rank (derived from Wikipedia language coverage; rank 1 is the most famous). The direct answer to "most famous <kind> in <country>" and "what are the must-sees in <country>".

top_places input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many (default 10)"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Country name or ISO code (optional — omit for worldwide)"
    }
  }
}

list_kinds — The kinds of place on the map

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

The layers Detourmap carries — archaeological and nature — with worldwide counts and a browsable index page for each. The atlas is cut to these kinds and holds nothing else.

list_kinds input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

list_countries — Countries with place counts

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Every country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places". Countries with eight or more places include a browsable index page URL.

list_countries input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

get_statistics — Atlas statistics

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Headline statistics computed live from the atlas: totals by kind, top countries, fame-tier sizes, dated-entry stats, geographic extremes and the most famous place. The source for aggregate claims like "how many castles are on Detourmap" or "which country has the most notable places".

get_statistics input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

random_place — A random place worth a detour

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

One random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button. Optionally limit by country and/or kind. Great for discovery and "place of the day" features.

random_place input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "kind": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Kind of place — key or slug: ruins (Archaeological), natural (Nature) (optional)"
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Country name or ISO code (optional)"
    }
  }
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

90-day uptime

A lightweight connection check about every six hours, sampled on hosts with many listings. It shows the server answered, not that its tools work.

Too few checks for a percentage yet (1 of 1 answered).

2026-11-06: 1 of 1 checks answered

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 785 ms
95th percentile latency: 785 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 6, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC · probe · passed · 785 ms · metadata changed · 8 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http detourmap-mcp https://detourmap.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add detourmap-mcp --url https://detourmap.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable detourmap-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detourmap-mcp": {
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detourmap-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start detourmap-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "detourmap-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http detourmap-mcp https://detourmap.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.

Claude Desktop configuration

https://detourmap.com/mcp

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "detourmap-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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