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Alltrails MCP Server

vendor.alltrails/mcp
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Alltrails is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago. It exposes 5 tools.

Uptime history 29 hours of history
29 hours agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
5
Tools
read from the server
258 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp --transport http https://www.alltrails.com/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.alltrails.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp]
url = "https://www.alltrails.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.alltrails.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://www.alltrails.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 5

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

trails
find_trails_near_location
Find hiking, running, biking, backpacking or other trails for outdoor activities near a set of coordinates within an optional specified maximum radius (meters). Use this tool when the user: * Requests trails near a specific point of interest or landmark. * Requests trails near a named location within a specified radius or accessible within a specified time constraint. * Provides specific latitude and longitude coordinates. For most named places, use the "search within bounding box" tool if possible. Use this tool as a fallback when the bounding box of the named place is unknown. Users can specify filters related to appropriate activities, attractions, suitability, and more. Numeric range filters related to distance, elevation, and length are also available. These filter values MUST be specified in meters. In the response, length and distance values are returned both in meters and imperial units. These MUST be displayed to the user in the units most appropriate for the user's locale, e.g. feet or miles for US English users.
find_trails_within_bounds
Find hiking, running, biking, backpacking or other trails for outdoor activities within a specified bounding box defined by southwest and northeast coordinates. Use this tool when the user: * Requests trails within specific geographic boundaries or coordinates. * Requests trails near a named geographic or political place, such as a continent, country, state, province, region, city, town, or neighborhood and you know the bounding box for that place. * Requests trails within a national, state or local park or other protected area and you know the bounding box for that park. If the bounding box for the named place is not known, use the "find trails near a location" tool instead to find trails around a center point. Users can specify filters related to appropriate activities, attractions, suitability, and more. Numeric range filters related to distance, elevation, and length are also available. These filter values MUST be specified in meters. In the response, length and distance values are returned both in meters and imperial units. These MUST be displayed to the user in the units most appropriate for the user's locale, e.g. feet or miles for US English users.
search_trails_by_name
Search for hiking, running, biking, backpacking or other trails by full or partial name match. Use this tool when the user: * Requests a specific trail by name (e.g., "Avalanche Lake Trail", "Half Dome") * Searches for trails with specific keywords in the name The search can biased towards results near the provided coordinates if they are provided explicitly or available from the request metadata. If there is a clear match to the user's query, the model should automatically make a subsequent call to the `get_trail_details` tool to present the user with complete details for the matching trail. In the response, length and distance values are returned both in meters and imperial units. These MUST be displayed to the user in the units most appropriate for the user's locale, e.g. feet or miles for US English users.
trail
get_trail_details
Find detailed information about a trail from AllTrails. Get descriptive overviews and specific accessibility information. Includes structured data about suitable activities, and feature highlights along the trail. Get stats about the trail geography and length, and stats about associated user-generated content. In the response, length and distance values are returned both in meters and imperial units. These MUST be displayed to the user in the units most appropriate for the user's locale, e.g. feet or miles for US English users. Recent reviews are summarized in the `review_summary` field. If the user wants information that might be found in specific reviews, direct the user to the AllTrails web URL for the trail.
get_trail_weather_overview
Get 7-day forecast for a trail at its trailhead, including high/low temperatures. For more detailed weather information, including current conditions, sunrise/sunset times, and weather alerts, direct the user to the AllTrails web URL for the trail (available in the `get_trail_details` tool response).

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://www.alltrails.com/mcp streamable-http answering 198 ms 14 min ago

Alltrails — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Alltrails do?
It exposes 5 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: find_trails_near_location, find_trails_within_bounds, get_trail_details, get_trail_weather_overview, search_trails_by_name. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is Alltrails mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around trails and trail. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is Alltrails working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 258 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Alltrails?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Alltrails need an API key?
No. Alltrails completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 5 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Alltrails?
It answers our handshake in 258 ms on average, which is faster than 52% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.