Campsite API

• Quick start
• Endpoints
• Search parameters
• The record
• Licences and attribution
• Fair use and keys
• Widget
• Try it
• Terms

Quick start

Base URL: https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1. Every response is JSON with meta and data, or GeoJSON when you add format=geojson. CORS is open, so you can call it from a browser.

curl "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/campsites?near=-33.71,150.31&radius=30&facilities=toilets&limit=5"

curl "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/campsites/nsw-acacia-flat-campground"

const url = new URL('https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/campsites');
url.search = new URLSearchParams({ near: '-36.41,148.61', radius: 40, limit: 10 });

const { meta, data } = await fetch(url).then(r => r.json());
for (const site of data) {
  console.log(site.name, site.distanceKm + ' km', site.url);
  // Show site.licence.attribution wherever you show the record.
}

curl "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/campsites?state=QLD&type=national-park&format=geojson&limit=200"

// Drop the GeoJSON straight into Mapbox GL / MapLibre
map.addSource('campsites', {
  type: 'geojson',
  data: 'https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/campsites?bbox=150.0,-34.0,150.7,-33.4&limit=200&format=geojson'
});
map.addLayer({ id: 'campsites', type: 'circle', source: 'campsites',
  paint: { 'circle-color': '#a8492a', 'circle-radius': 6 } });

curl -O "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/exports/vic.geojson"

Endpoints

Live endpoints run on the edge. Static files are served from the CDN and cached for an hour. Responses carry ETag and Cache-Control, so cache them on your side as well.

Search parameters

List response

{
  "meta": {
    "apiVersion": "1.0.0",
    "dataVersion": "2026-10-31",
    "total": 23,
    "count": 5,
    "offset": 0,
    "limit": 5,
    "next": "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/api/v1/campsites?near=-33.71%2C150.31&radius=30&facilities=toilets&limit=5&offset=5",
    "attribution": "Data compiled by Outdoors Kept Simple from … Each record carries its own licence.attribution, which you must display with the data.",
    "licence": {
      "summary": "…",
      "licences": [
        "…"
      ]
    },
    "terms": "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/developers/terms/",
    "docs": "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/developers/"
  },
  "data": [
    "{ …campsite… }"
  ]
}

The record

IDs are stable. Each one is the lower-case state code plus the slug in the listing URL. If we merge duplicates, the old listing URL redirects. amenities lists only what the source data records, usually yes or no. A missing key means unknown, not no. Before you go, check access, fees and fire bans with the land manager.

{
  "id": "nsw-acacia-flat-campground",
  "slug": "acacia-flat-campground",
  "name": "Acacia Flat Campground",
  "state": "NSW",
  "type": "national-park",
  "typeLabel": "National park",
  "subtype": "Camping area",
  "lat": -33.61529,
  "lng": 150.35334,
  "locality": "Blue Mountains National Park",
  "lga": "Blue Mountains",
  "postcode": "2787",
  "region": {
    "id": "sydney-blue-mountains-hunter",
    "name": "Sydney, Blue Mountains & Hunter"
  },
  "park": null,
  "operator": "National Parks and Wildlife Service",
  "description": "Fuel stoves only.",
  "amenities": {
    "fee": "yes",
    "charge": "$6 Au",
    "toilets": "yes",
    "shower": "no",
    "tents": "yes",
    "caravans": "no",
    "backcountry": "yes",
    "access": "yes"
  },
  "contact": {
    "website": "https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/camping-and-accommodation/campgrounds/acacia-flat-campground"
  },
  "closed": false,
  "url": "https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/nsw-campsites/acacia-flat-campground/",
  "source": {
    "key": "npws",
    "name": "NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service – Asset Infrastructure: Visitor Area",
    "recordId": "N0004C-V0063-CGACF",
    "url": "https://mapprod2.environment.nsw.gov.au/arcgis/rest/services/Assets/AMS_Assets/FeatureServer/24"
  },
  "licence": {
    "licences": [
      "CC-BY-4.0",
      "ODbL-1.0"
    ],
    "shareAlike": true,
    "attribution": "© State of New South Wales (NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, DCCEEW), CC BY 4.0; © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL; Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3 (2021), CC BY 4.0. Compiled by Outdoors Kept Simple (outdoors.keptsimple.com.au).",
    "sources": [
      "npws",
      "osm",
      "abs"
    ]
  },
  "distanceKm": 12.4
}

Licences and attribution

• OpenStreetMap-derived content (most records, and facility tags on many government records): © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. You can use it commercially. Credit OpenStreetMap. If you publicly use a database adapted from it, you must offer that database under the ODbL. Maps or lists you produce from it ("Produced Works") need only the attribution.
• Government data: NSW NPWS (CC BY 4.0), NSW Spatial Services POI (CC BY 3.0 AU), Parks Victoria via DataVic (CC BY 4.0), ABS ASGS 2021 (CC BY 4.0) and Forestry Corporation of NSW (CC BY). Use it freely, with attribution.
• Scout & Guide venues: factual details and links from each branch's official page. Link to the listing or the branch page.

Each record has licence.licences, licence.shareAlike, licence.attribution and licence.sources. meta.attribution and meta.licence cover the whole response. sources.json lists every dataset and its licence. The full conditions are in the API terms.

Fair use and keys

Anonymous use is free and needs no key. The live endpoints allow about 120 requests a minute per IP. Above that you get 429 with Retry-After. Every response includes X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining. To stay well clear of the limit, cache responses, use bbox for map views rather than one request per pin, and sync with the static exports.

Partners who need more can ask for a key and send it as an X-API-Key header. Keys raise the allowance. Later they may unlock extras such as featured listings or fresher data. Requests without a key will keep working.

Embeddable widget

This adds a "campsites near X" map and list to any page with two lines. Each listing links back here.

<div data-oks-campsites data-place="Katoomba" data-state="NSW" data-limit="8"></div>
<script src="https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/widget/v1/embed.js" async></script>

<iframe src="https://outdoors.keptsimple.com.au/widget/v1/frame?near=-36.41,148.61&radius=40&limit=6"
  width="100%" height="460" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Campsites nearby"></iframe>

Try it

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Versioning and changes

The version is in the path (/api/v1). Within v1 we only add fields; we never rename or remove one. Anything that would break v1 goes into /api/v2, and v1 stays up alongside it for at least six months. meta.dataVersion is the date the data was last refreshed.