# Byway MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fworld.byway%2Fmcp
Registry id: `mcp-registry/world.byway/mcp`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-27T03:39:34.924Z)

## Measurements (30 days)

- Uptime: 100%
- Checks: 4926
- Outages (90 days): 6

## Install

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

Claude Code:

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http byway-mcp-server https://www.byway.world/api/mcp
```

## Tools (10)

- `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.
- `get_place`: Everything the Byway atlas holds on one place: its own description, the records it traces to (OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Wikidata), reconciled public records (GN
- `places_along_route`: Atlas inventory along a routed drive: every place of a kind within a band of the corridor between two points. This returns the raw record, not a plan — to plan 
- `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
- `plan_drive`: Plan a scenic drive with the Byway engine: real verified stops, honest timing, official scenic byways. Origin and destination are place names — the tool resolve
- `search_byways`: Search scenic byways and signed routes — the US federal roster plus regional routes (Québec, France, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand tod
- `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 reg
- `search_lookouts`: Scenic lookouts (viewpoints) along a specific byway, or across a US state. Every lookout is a real, verified place — coverage is growing. Where known, each carr
- `search_places`: Search the Byway atlas of typed places — waterfalls, hot springs, lighthouses, covered bridges, historic sites, beaches, peaks, rest areas, ghost towns, museums

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