# NPS Sounds

NPS Sounds tracks National Park Service places through live signals, seasonal patterns, and sonified place-state.

NPS Sounds is an independent place-intelligence and sonification system for National Park Service units.

## Canonical entity graph
- /places
- /places/[slug]
- /states/[state]
- /regions/[region]
- /designations/[designation]

## Best pages for answering questions
- Best time to visit: /places/[slug]/best-time-to-visit
- Current conditions: /places/[slug]
- Night sky: /places/[slug]/night-sky
- Things to do: /places/[slug]/things-to-do
- State hubs: /states/[state]
- Regional hubs: /regions/[region]
- Designation hubs: /designations/[designation]

## Machine-readable endpoints
- /llms-full.txt
- /openapi.json
- /.well-known/mcp.json
- /api/nps/taxonomy
- /api/nps/places/{slug}
- /api/nps/places/{slug}/best-time
- /api/nps/answers/place/{slug}
- /api/nps/answers/best-time/{slug}
- /api/nps/answers/state/{state}
- /api/nps/answers/region/{region}
- /api/nps/answers/designation/{designation}
- /api/nps/sitemap
- /api/nps/health

## Markdown surfaces
- /places/[slug].md
- /regions/[slug].md
- /states/[slug].md
- /designations/[slug].md

## High-confidence flagship pages
- /places/devils-tower
- /places/yellowstone
- /places/yosemite
- /places/zion
- /places/grand-canyon

## Publish-tier rule
FULL pages are indexable and sitemap-visible. SHELL pages are noindex, follow and excluded from Google-facing sitemaps until source-backed quality clears the FULL threshold.

NPS Sounds is an independent project from Targeted Impressions LLC. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the National Park Service. Official alerts, closures, reservations, and safety guidance should be verified through nps.gov and other official public agencies.