INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_place

Fetch one place’s full record by slug (preferred, e.

detourmap.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.detourmap]
url = "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: detourmap
Remote MCP URL: https://detourmap.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

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

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

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

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "detourmap",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://detourmap.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

search_places — Search 70,520 notable places worldwide by name (accent- and case-insensitive substring match): ruins, beaches, caves, waterfalls, volcanoes, castles, museums, ghost towns and more.
places_near — 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>?
top_places — 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).
list_kinds — Detourmap’s seven kinds (layers) with worldwide counts and browsable index pages — ruins & the uncanny, sacred sites, built landmarks, nature & landscapes, parks & cemeteries, museums & culture, and fun & leisure.
list_countries — Every country in the atlas with its place count, most first — answers "which country has the most notable places".
get_statistics — 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.
random_place — One random place with its full record — deliberately biased toward the little-known long tail, like the site’s own "Surprise me" button.