INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

search_lookouts

Scenic lookouts (viewpoints) along a specific byway, or across a US state.

byway.worldnone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://www.byway.world/api/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_lookouts and invoke it with your own arguments.

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

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

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

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.byway]
url = "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "byway": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: byway
Remote MCP URL: https://www.byway.world/api/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": {
    "byway": {
      "url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "byway": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "byway",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://www.byway.world/api/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

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

search_byways — Search scenic byways and signed routes — the US federal roster plus regional routes (Québec, France, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand today; growing).
get_byway — Full detail for one scenic byway or regional route: designation, states or country, length, scenic lookouts on the route, and itineraries that ride it.
get_itinerary — A classic road-trip itinerary: waypoints, states, and the scenic byways along the route.
search_places — Search the Byway atlas of typed places — waterfalls, hot springs, lighthouses, covered bridges, historic sites, beaches, peaks, rest areas, ghost towns, museums and attractions.
get_place — Everything the Byway atlas holds on one place: its own description, the records it traces to (OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Wikidata), reconciled public records (GNIS, National Register), the scenic byways that pass near it, and the nearest verified lookouts.
places_on_byway — Atlas places along one scenic byway: every place of a kind within a band of the drawn route, nearest to the road first, each marked whether it sits on the byway itself or is a detour off it.
search_destinations — Find US destination cities by name or state, with the day trip around each one: the scenic byways, national parks, public land units and campgrounds Byway's registries place within 30 miles.
plan_drive — Plan a scenic drive with the Byway engine: real verified stops, honest timing, official scenic byways.